1. /*

  2.  * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation

  3.  *

  4.  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  5.  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  6.  * You may obtain a copy of the License at

  7.  *

  8.  *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

  9.  *

  10.  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

  11.  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

  12.  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

  13.  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

  14.  * limitations under the License.

  15.  */

  16. package org.apache.commons.jxpath;

  17. 

  18. /**

  19.  * A delegate of JXPathContext that implements the XPath <code>"id()"</code>

  20.  * function. This delegate is only used when there is no default implementation

  21.  * of the <code>id()</code> function. For example, it is <i>not</i> used

  22.  * when the root of the context is a DOM Node.

  23.  *

  24.  * @author Dmitri Plotnikov

  25.  * @version $Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 2004/02/29 14:17:42 $

  26.  */

  27. public interface IdentityManager {

  28. 

  29.     /**

  30.      * Finds a node by its ID.

  31.      */

  32.     Pointer getPointerByID(JXPathContext context, String id);

  33. }