src/main/java/org/apache/commons/scxml2/model/NamespacePrefixesHolder.java

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package org.apache.commons.scxml2.model;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * A <code>NamespacePrefixesHolder</code> is an entity that retains
 * namespace prefix information from the document for deferred XPath
 * evaluation.
 *
 */
public interface NamespacePrefixesHolder {

    /**
     * Get the map of namespaces, with keys as prefixes and values as URIs.
     *
     * @param namespaces The namespaces prefix map.
     */
    void setNamespaces(Map<String, String> namespaces);

    /**
     * Get the map of namespaces, with keys as prefixes and values as URIs.
     *
     * @return The namespaces prefix map.
     */
    Map<String, String> getNamespaces();

}