axiom/modules/axiom-api/src/main/java/org/apache/axiom/om/OMNamespace.java

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package org.apache.axiom.om;

/**
 * Interface OMNamespace
 */
public interface OMNamespace {
    /**
     * Method equals.
     *
     * @param uri
     * @param prefix
     * @return Returns boolean.
     */
    public boolean equals(String uri, String prefix);

    /**
     * Method getPrefix.
     *
     * @return Returns String.
     */
    public String getPrefix();

    /**
     * Method getName.
     *
     * @deprecated This method is deprecated. Please use getNamespaceURI() method instead.
     *
     * @return Returns String.
     */
    public String getName();

    /**
     * Provides the namespace URI of this namespace.
     * @return - the namespace URI of the namespace.
     */
    public String getNamespaceURI();
}