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017package org.apache.commons.jxpath;
018
019import java.util.Set;
020
021/**
022 * A group of Function objects sharing a common namespace or a set of
023 * common namespaces. Use the classes
024 * {@link ClassFunctions ClassFunctions} and
025 * {@link PackageFunctions PackageFunctions}
026 * to register extension functions implemented as Java methods.
027 *
028 * @author Dmitri Plotnikov
029 * @version $Revision: 652845 $ $Date: 2008-05-02 19:46:46 +0200 (Fr, 02 Mai 2008) $
030 */
031public interface Functions {
032
033    /**
034     * Returns all namespaces in which this function collection defines
035     * functions.
036     * @return Set
037     */
038    Set getUsedNamespaces();
039
040    /**
041     * Returns a Function, if any, for the specified namespace,
042     * name and parameter types.
043     * @param namespace ns
044     * @param name function name
045     * @param parameters Object[]
046     * @return Function
047     */
048    Function getFunction(String namespace, String name, Object[] parameters);
049}