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017 package org.apache.commons.scxml.model;
018
019 import java.util.Map;
020
021 /**
022 * A <code>NamespacePrefixesHolder</code> is an entity that retains
023 * namespace prefix information from the document for deferred XPath
024 * evaluation.
025 *
026 */
027 public interface NamespacePrefixesHolder {
028
029 /**
030 * Get the map of namespaces, with keys as prefixes and values as URIs.
031 *
032 * @param namespaces The namespaces prefix map.
033 */
034 void setNamespaces(Map namespaces);
035
036 /**
037 * Get the map of namespaces, with keys as prefixes and values as URIs.
038 *
039 * @return The namespaces prefix map.
040 */
041 Map getNamespaces();
042
043 }
044