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17
18 package org.apache.commons.jxpath;
19
20 /**
21 * More complete implementation for the XPath {@code "key()"} function. Returns NodeSet results and allows Object values for better compatibility with non-XML
22 * graphs.
23 *
24 * @since JXPath 1.3
25 */
26 public interface ExtendedKeyManager extends KeyManager {
27
28 /**
29 * Find a NodeSet by key/value.
30 *
31 * @param context base
32 * @param key String
33 * @param value Object
34 * @return NodeSet found
35 */
36 NodeSet getNodeSetByKey(JXPathContext context, String key, Object value);
37 }