src/java/org/apache/commons/jxpath/Functions.java

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package org.apache.commons.jxpath;

import java.util.Set;

/**
 * A group of Function objects sharing a common namespace or a set of
 * common namespaces. Use the classes
 * {@link ClassFunctions ClassFunctions} and
 * {@link PackageFunctions PackageFunctions}
 * to register extension functions implemented as Java methods.
 *
 * @author Dmitri Plotnikov
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$
 */
public interface Functions {

    /**
     * Returns all namespaces in which this function collection defines
     * functions.
     * @return Set
     */
    Set getUsedNamespaces();

    /**
     * Returns a Function, if any, for the specified namespace,
     * name and parameter types.
     * @param namespace ns
     * @param name function name
     * @param parameters Object[]
     * @return Function
     */
    Function getFunction(String namespace, String name, Object[] parameters);
}