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* Copyright 2015 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
*
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package org.eclipse.webdav.dom;
/**
* <b>Note:</b> This class/interface is part of an interim API that is still under
* development and expected to change significantly before reaching stability.
* It is being made available at this early stage to solicit feedback from pioneering
* adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API will almost
* certainly be broken (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
*/
public interface QualifiedName {
/**
* Returns the local part of this name.
* The local part cannot be <code>null</code>.
*
* @return the local name.
*/
public String getLocalName();
/**
* Returns the qualifier part for this qualifed name,
* or <code>null</code> if none.
* <p>
* Note that the qualifier is a URI i.e. it follows
* the syntax of RFC1630.</p>
*
* @return the name qualifier as a <code>String</code> URI
* or <code>null</code> if there is no qualifier.
*/
public String getQualifier();
}