| /* |
| * Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| * |
| */ |
| /* |
| * Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. |
| */ |
| /* |
| * $Id$ |
| */ |
| package javax.xml.crypto; |
| |
| /** |
| * Identifies a data object via a URI-Reference, as specified by |
| * <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt">RFC 2396</a>. |
| * |
| * <p>Note that some subclasses may not have a <code>type</code> attribute |
| * and for objects of those types, the {@link #getType} method always returns |
| * <code>null</code>. |
| * |
| * @author Sean Mullan |
| * @author JSR 105 Expert Group |
| * @see URIDereferencer |
| */ |
| public interface URIReference { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the URI of the referenced data object. |
| * |
| * @return the URI of the data object in RFC 2396 format (may be |
| * <code>null</code> if not specified) |
| */ |
| String getURI(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the type of data referenced by this URI. |
| * |
| * @return the type (a URI) of the data object (may be <code>null</code> |
| * if not specified) |
| */ |
| String getType(); |
| } |