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017package org.apache.commons.jxpath;
018
019/**
020 * A delegate of {@link JXPathContext} that implements the XPath <code>"key()"</code>
021 * function.
022 *
023 * @author Dmitri Plotnikov
024 * @version $Revision: 652845 $ $Date: 2008-05-02 19:46:46 +0200 (Fr, 02 Mai 2008) $
025 */
026public interface KeyManager {
027
028    /**
029     * Find a node by key/value.
030     *
031     * @param context to search
032     * @param keyName String
033     * @param keyValue String
034     * @return Pointer
035     */
036    Pointer getPointerByKey(
037        JXPathContext context,
038        String keyName,
039        String keyValue);
040}