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package org.apache.jena.rdfxml.xmlinput;

/**
 * The interface for being notified about namespace use in an RDF/XML
 * document.
 * This has methods copied form SAX  for
 * notifying the application of namespaces.
 *
*/
public interface NamespaceHandler {	
/**
	* A namespace prefix is being defined..
	* 
	* @param prefix
	*            the name of the prefix (ie the X in xmlns:X=U)
	* @param uri
	*            the uri string (ie the U)
	*/
   public void startPrefixMapping(String prefix, String uri);
   /**
	   * A namespace prefix is going out of scope.
	   * There is no guarantee that start and end PrefixMapping
	   * calls nest.
	   * 
	   * @param prefix
	   *            the name of the prefix (ie the X in xmlns:X=U)
	   * 
	   * 
	   */
   public void endPrefixMapping(String prefix);

}
