aspects/dom-aspects/src/main/java/org/apache/axiom/dom/DOMNode.java

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package org.apache.axiom.dom;

import org.apache.axiom.core.CoreElement;
import org.apache.axiom.core.CoreNode;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public interface DOMNode extends Node, CoreNode {
    /**
     * Get the element that defines this node's namespace context. The returned element is used by
     * the implementations of {@link Node#lookupNamespaceURI(String)},
     * {@link Node#lookupPrefix(String)} and {@link Node#isDefaultNamespace(String)}. The
     * implementation must be compatible with the provisions in appendix B of the DOM Level 3 Core
     * specification.
     * 
     * @return the element defining the namespace context of this node or <code>null</code> if the
     *         namespace context of this node is defined to be empty
     */
    CoreElement getNamespaceContext();

    void normalize(DOMConfigurationImpl config);
}