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17 package org.apache.commons.scxml2.model;
18
19 import java.util.Map;
20
21 /**
22 * A <code>NamespacePrefixesHolder</code> is an entity that retains
23 * namespace prefix information from the document for deferred XPath
24 * evaluation.
25 *
26 */
27 public interface NamespacePrefixesHolder {
28
29 /**
30 * Get the map of namespaces, with keys as prefixes and values as URIs.
31 *
32 * @param namespaces The namespaces prefix map.
33 */
34 void setNamespaces(Map<String, String> namespaces);
35
36 /**
37 * Get the map of namespaces, with keys as prefixes and values as URIs.
38 *
39 * @return The namespaces prefix map.
40 */
41 Map<String, String> getNamespaces();
42
43 }
44