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17  package org.apache.commons.jxpath;
18  
19  /**
20   * A delegate of {@link JXPathContext} that implements the XPath <code>"id()"</code>
21   * function. This delegate is only used when there is no default implementation
22   * of the <code>id()</code> function. For example, it is <i>not</i> used
23   * when the root of the context is a DOM Node.
24   *
25   * @author Dmitri Plotnikov
26   * @version $Revision: 652845 $ $Date: 2008-05-02 19:46:46 +0200 (Fr, 02 Mai 2008) $
27   */
28  public interface IdentityManager {
29  
30      /**
31       * Finds a node by its ID.
32       * @param context JXPathContext
33       * @param id String
34       * @return Pointer
35       */
36      Pointer getPointerByID(JXPathContext context, String id);
37  }