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

import org.apache.jackrabbit.spi.Path;

import javax.jcr.NamespaceException;

/**
 * Resolver for JCR paths.
 */
public interface PathResolver {

    /**
     * Returns the path object for the given JCR path string.
     *
     * @param path prefixed JCR path
     * @return a <code>Path</code> object.
     * @throws MalformedPathException if the JCR path format is invalid.
     * @throws IllegalNameException if any of the JCR names contained in the path are invalid.
     * @throws NamespaceException if a namespace prefix can not be resolved.
     */
    Path getQPath(String path) throws MalformedPathException, IllegalNameException, NamespaceException;

    /**
     * Returns the path object for the given JCR path string.
     *
     * @param path prefixed JCR path
     * @param normalizeIdentifier
     * @return a <code>Path</code> object.
     * @throws MalformedPathException if the JCR path format is invalid.
     * @throws IllegalNameException if any of the JCR names contained in the path are invalid.
     * @throws NamespaceException if a namespace prefix can not be resolved.
     */
    Path getQPath(String path, boolean normalizeIdentifier) throws MalformedPathException, IllegalNameException, NamespaceException;

    /**
     * Returns the given JCR path string for the given path object.
     *
     * @param path a <code>Path</code> object.
     * @return a JCR path string
     * @throws NamespaceException if a namespace URI can not be resolved
     */
    String getJCRPath(Path path) throws NamespaceException;

}