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/*
 * Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 */
/*
 * $Id$
 */
package javax.xml.crypto.dom;

import javax.xml.crypto.URIReference;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

/**
 * A DOM-specific {@link URIReference}. The purpose of this class is to 
 * provide additional context necessary for resolving XPointer URIs or 
 * same-document references. 
 *
 * @author Sean Mullan
 * @author JSR 105 Expert Group
 */
public interface DOMURIReference extends URIReference {

    /**
     * Returns the here node.
     *
     * @return the attribute or processing instruction node or the
     *    parent element of the text node that directly contains the URI 
     */
    Node getHere();
}