1 /*
2 wsmo4j - a WSMO API and Reference Implementation
3
4 Copyright (c) 2004-2005, OntoText Lab. / SIRMA
5
6 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
7 the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
8 Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
9 any later version.
10 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
11 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
12 FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
13 details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
15 with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
16 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
17 */
18
19 /**
20 * <p>Title: WSMO4J</p>
21 * <p>Description: WSMO API and a Reference Implementation</p>
22 * <p>Copyright: Copyright (c) 2004-2005</p>
23 * <p>Company: OntoText Lab. / SIRMA </p>
24 */
25
26 package org.wsmo.common;
27
28
29 /**
30 * An interface representing a namespace
31 * A namespace is comprised of a (prefix, IRI) pair
32 *
33 * @author not attributable
34 * @version $Revision: 385 $ $Date: 2005-06-01 13:34:43 +0300 (Wed, 01 Jun 2005) $
35 */
36 public interface Namespace {
37
38 /**
39 * Retrieve the prefix of the namespace
40 * Note: if this namespace is a <i>default</i> namespace then the prefix is <i>null</i>
41 * @return prefix
42 */
43 String getPrefix();
44
45 /**
46 * Retrieve the full IRI of the namespace
47 * @return
48 */
49 IRI getIRI();
50 }
51
52 /*
53 * $Log$
54 * Revision 1.6 2005/06/01 10:30:48 marin_dimitrov
55 * v0.4.0
56 *
57 * Revision 1.4 2005/05/13 12:40:06 marin
58 * a note about default namespace
59 *
60 * Revision 1.3 2005/05/12 13:29:16 marin
61 * javadoc, header, footer, etc
62 *
63 */
64