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/*
 * $Id: URIReference.java,v 1.4 2005/05/10 15:47:42 mullan Exp $
 */
package javax.xml.crypto;

/**
 * Identifies a data object via a URI-Reference, as specified by
 * <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt">RFC 2396</a>.
 *
 * <p>Note that some subclasses may not have a <code>type</code> attribute
 * and for objects of those types, the {@link #getType} method always returns
 * <code>null</code>.
 *
 * @author Sean Mullan
 * @author JSR 105 Expert Group
 * @since 1.6
 * @see URIDereferencer
 */
public interface URIReference {

    /**
     * Returns the URI of the referenced data object.
     *
     * @return the URI of the data object in RFC 2396 format (may be
     *    <code>null</code> if not specified)
     */
    String getURI();

    /**
     * Returns the type of data referenced by this URI.
     *
     * @return the type (a URI) of the data object (may be <code>null</code>
     *    if not specified)
     */
    String getType();
}