src/java/org/apache/commons/jelly/NamespaceAwareTag.java

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package org.apache.commons.jelly;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * <p><code>NamespaceAwareTag</code> represents a Jelly custom tag which
 * needs to be aware of the XML Namespace context in which it is used.
 * When the tag is used it will be given the namespace context which is a
 * Map keyed on the namespace prefixes and the values are the namespace URIs
 * in scope in the tags element.
 * </p>
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.6 $
 */

public interface NamespaceAwareTag extends Tag {

    /**
     * Sets the namespace context in scope when this tag is used
     *
     * @param prefixToUriMap is a Map where the keys are the namespace
     * prefixes and the values are the namespace URIs
     */
    public void setNamespaceContext(Map prefixToUriMap);
}