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41:
42: package org.netbeans.modules.xml.xam.dom;
43:
44: import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
45: import org.netbeans.modules.xml.xam.NamedReferenceable;
46: import org.netbeans.modules.xml.xam.Reference;
47:
48: /**
49: * Represents reference to a component that can be identified globally by QName.
50: *
51: * @author Chris Webster
52: * @author Rico Cruz
53: * @author Nam Nguyen
54: */
55: public interface NamedComponentReference<T extends NamedReferenceable>
56: extends Reference<T> {
57:
58: /**
59: * Returns the effective namespace of the referenced component.
60: * <p>
61: * Note that in case of XML schema document, the effective namespace of a
62: * component could be different when the schema is included by another schema.
63: *
64: * @return referenced namespace that is effective in the current document.
65: */
66: String getEffectiveNamespace();
67:
68: /**
69: * Returns full QName of the referenced component if the reference is not broken.
70: * If reference has not been resolved or broken, the returned QNam could be
71: * partial (only local name) and implementation dependent.
72: * @return QName of the referenced component.
73: */
74: QName getQName();
75: }
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