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17 package org.apache.commons.jxpath;
18
19 /**
20 * More complete implementation for the XPath <code>"key()"</code> function.
21 * Returns NodeSet results and allows Object values for better compatibility
22 * with non-XML graphs.
23 *
24 * @author Sergey Vladimirov
25 * @author Matt Benson
26 * @since JXPath 1.3
27 * @version $Revision: 652845 $ $Date: 2008-05-02 13:46:46 -0400 (Fri, 02 May 2008) $
28 */
29 public interface ExtendedKeyManager extends KeyManager {
30
31 /**
32 * Find a NodeSet by key/value.
33 * @param context base
34 * @param key String
35 * @param value Object
36 * @return NodeSet found
37 */
38 NodeSet getNodeSetByKey(JXPathContext context, String key, Object value);
39
40 }