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24  package org.modeshape.graph.property;
25  
26  import java.util.Set;
27  import net.jcip.annotations.Immutable;
28  import net.jcip.annotations.ThreadSafe;
29  
30  /**
31   * Registry of namespaces, which are used to provide isolated and independent domains for {@link Name names}.
32   */
33  @ThreadSafe
34  public interface NamespaceRegistry {
35  
36      /**
37       * Return the namespace URI that is currently mapped to the empty prefix, or null if there is no current default namespace.
38       * 
39       * @return the namespace URI that represents the default namespace, or null if there is no default namespace
40       */
41      String getDefaultNamespaceUri();
42  
43      /**
44       * Get the namespace URI for the supplied prefix.
45       * 
46       * @param prefix the namespace prefix
47       * @return the namespace URI for the supplied prefix, or null if there is no namespace currently registered to use that prefix
48       * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the prefix is null
49       */
50      String getNamespaceForPrefix( String prefix );
51  
52      /**
53       * Return the prefix used for the supplied namespace URI.
54       * 
55       * @param namespaceUri the namespace URI
56       * @param generateIfMissing true if the namespace URI has not already been registered and the method should auto-register the
57       *        namespace with a generated prefix, or false if the method should never auto-register the namespace
58       * @return the prefix currently being used for the namespace, or <code>null</code> if the namespace has not been registered
59       *         and <code>generateIfMissing</code> is <code>false</code>
60       * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the namespace URI is null
61       * @see #isRegisteredNamespaceUri(String)
62       */
63      String getPrefixForNamespaceUri( String namespaceUri,
64                                       boolean generateIfMissing );
65  
66      /**
67       * Return whether there is a registered prefix for the supplied namespace URI.
68       * 
69       * @param namespaceUri the namespace URI
70       * @return true if the supplied namespace has been registered with a prefix, or false otherwise
71       * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the namespace URI is null
72       */
73      boolean isRegisteredNamespaceUri( String namespaceUri );
74  
75      /**
76       * Register a new namespace using the supplied prefix, returning the namespace URI previously registered under that prefix.
77       * 
78       * @param prefix the prefix for the namespace, or null if a namesapce prefix should be generated automatically
79       * @param namespaceUri the namespace URI
80       * @return the namespace URI that was previously registered with the supplied prefix, or null if the prefix was not previously
81       *         bound to a namespace URI
82       * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the namespace URI is null
83       */
84      String register( String prefix,
85                       String namespaceUri );
86  
87      /**
88       * Unregister the namespace with the supplied URI.
89       * 
90       * @param namespaceUri the namespace URI
91       * @return true if the namespace was removed, or false if the namespace was not registered
92       * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the namespace URI is null
93       * @throws NamespaceException if there is a problem unregistering the namespace
94       */
95      boolean unregister( String namespaceUri );
96  
97      /**
98       * Obtain the set of namespaces that are registered.
99       * 
100      * @return the set of
101      */
102     Set<String> getRegisteredNamespaceUris();
103 
104     /**
105      * Obtain a snapshot of all of the {@link Namespace namespaces} registered at the time this method is called. The resulting
106      * set is immutable, and will <i>not</i> reflect changes made to the registry.
107      * 
108      * @return an immutable set of {@link Namespace} objects reflecting a snapshot of the registry; never null
109      */
110     Set<Namespace> getNamespaces();
111 
112     /**
113      * Representation of a single namespace at a single point in time. This object does not change to reflect changes made to the
114      * {@link NamespaceRegistry registry}.
115      * 
116      * @see NamespaceRegistry#getNamespaces()
117      * @author Randall Hauch
118      */
119     @Immutable
120     interface Namespace extends Comparable<Namespace> {
121         /**
122          * Get the prefix for the namespace
123          * 
124          * @return the prefix; never null but possibly the empty string
125          */
126         String getPrefix();
127 
128         /**
129          * Get the URI for the namespace
130          * 
131          * @return the namespace URI; never null but possibly the empty string
132          */
133         String getNamespaceUri();
134     }
135 
136 }