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package javax.servlet.jsp.el;
/**
* <p>The interface to a map between EL function names and methods.</p>
*
* <p>Classes implementing this interface may, for instance, consult tag library
* information to resolve the map. </p>
*
* @since 2.0
* @deprecated As of JSP 2.1, replaced by javax.el.FunctionMapper
*/
@SuppressWarnings("dep-ann") // TCK signature test fails with annotation
public interface FunctionMapper {
/**
* Resolves the specified local name and prefix into a Java.lang.Method.
* Returns null if the prefix and local name are not found.
*
* @param prefix the prefix of the function, or "" if no prefix.
* @param localName the short name of the function
* @return the result of the method mapping. Null means no entry found.
**/
public java.lang.reflect.Method resolveFunction(String prefix,
String localName);
}