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017package org.apache.commons.scxml2.model;
018
019import java.util.Map;
020
021/**
022 * A <code>NamespacePrefixesHolder</code> is an entity that retains
023 * namespace prefix information from the document for deferred XPath
024 * evaluation.
025 *
026 */
027public interface NamespacePrefixesHolder {
028
029    /**
030     * Get the map of namespaces, with keys as prefixes and values as URIs.
031     *
032     * @param namespaces The namespaces prefix map.
033     */
034    void setNamespaces(Map<String, String> namespaces);
035
036    /**
037     * Get the map of namespaces, with keys as prefixes and values as URIs.
038     *
039     * @return The namespaces prefix map.
040     */
041    Map<String, String> getNamespaces();
042
043}
044