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package org.apache.jackrabbit.spi.commons.conversion;

import org.apache.jackrabbit.spi.Name;

import javax.jcr.NamespaceException;

/**
 * Resolver for JCR name Strings and {@link Name} objects.
 */
public interface NameResolver {

    /**
     * Returns the <code>Name</code> for the given JCR name String.
     *
     * @param name A JCR name String.
     * @return A <code>Name</code> object.
     * @throws IllegalNameException if the JCR name format is invalid
     * @throws NamespaceException if the namespace prefix can not be resolved
     */
    Name getQName(String name) throws IllegalNameException, NamespaceException;

    /**
     * Returns the qualified JCR name String for the given <code>Name</code> object.
     *
     * @param name A <code>Name</code> object.
     * @return The qualified JCR name String consisting of
     * <code>prefix:localName</code> or
     * <code>localName</code> in case of the empty namespace.
     * @throws NamespaceException if the namespace URI can not be resolved
     */
    String getJCRName(Name name) throws NamespaceException;

}