/*
* Part of the CCNx Java Library.
*
* Copyright (C) 2011, 2012 Palo Alto Research Center, Inc.
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1
* as published by the Free Software Foundation.
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received
* a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library;
* if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
* Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
*/
package org.ccnx.ccn.impl.encoding;
/**
* Defines the API of an XML dictionary.
*
* We use an interface because Java can only extend one base class. If we want
* the dictionary provider to be a network object, we need to do this as
* an interface not an abstract base class.
*/
public interface XMLDictionary {
public Long stringToTag(String tag);
public String tagToString(long tagVal);
}