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/*
* $Id: URIReference.java,v 1.4 2005/05/10 15:47:42 mullan Exp $
*/
package javax.xml.crypto;
/**
* Identifies a data object via a URI-Reference, as specified by
* <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt">RFC 2396</a>.
*
* <p>Note that some subclasses may not have a <code>type</code> attribute
* and for objects of those types, the {@link #getType} method always returns
* <code>null</code>.
*
* @author Sean Mullan
* @author JSR 105 Expert Group
* @since 1.6
* @see URIDereferencer
*/
public interface URIReference {
/**
* Returns the URI of the referenced data object.
*
* @return the URI of the data object in RFC 2396 format (may be
* <code>null</code> if not specified)
*/
String getURI();
/**
* Returns the type of data referenced by this URI.
*
* @return the type (a URI) of the data object (may be <code>null</code>
* if not specified)
*/
String getType();
}