001    /*
002     * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License
003     * Version 1.1 (the "License");  you may not use this file except in 
004     * compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
005     * http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
006     *
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008     * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for
009     * the specific language governing rights and limitations under the License.
010     *
011     * The Original Code is Protege-2000.
012     *
013     * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Stanford University. Portions
014     * created by Stanford University are Copyright (C) 2007.  All Rights Reserved.
015     *
016     * Protege was developed by Stanford Medical Informatics
017     * (http://www.smi.stanford.edu) at the Stanford University School of Medicine
018     * with support from the National Library of Medicine, the National Science
019     * Foundation, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.  Current
020     * information about Protege can be obtained at http://protege.stanford.edu.
021     *
022     */
023    
024    package edu.stanford.smi.protegex.owl.model;
025    
026    import java.net.URI;
027    import java.util.Collection;
028    
029    /**
030     * An interface for objects capable of mapping true URI namespaces into their
031     * prefixed (e.g., "owl") and vice-versa.
032     *
033     * @author Holger Knublauch  <holger@knublauch.com>
034     */
035    public interface NamespaceMap {
036    
037    
038        String getDefaultNamespace();
039    
040    
041        String getNamespaceForPrefix(String prefix);
042    
043    
044        String getPrefix(String namespace);
045    
046    
047        Collection<String> getPrefixes();
048    
049    
050        void removePrefix(String prefix);
051    
052    
053        void setDefaultNamespace(String value);
054    
055    
056        void setDefaultNamespace(URI uri);
057    
058    
059        void setPrefix(String namespace, String prefix);
060    
061    
062        void setPrefix(URI namespace, String prefix);
063    }
064