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package org.apache.commons.jxpath;
/**
* A delegate of {@link JXPathContext} that implements the XPath <code>"id()"</code>
* function. This delegate is only used when there is no default implementation
* of the <code>id()</code> function. For example, it is <i>not</i> used
* when the root of the context is a DOM Node.
*
* @author Dmitri Plotnikov
* @version $Revision: 652845 $ $Date: 2008-05-02 12:46:46 -0500 (Fri, 02 May 2008) $
*/
public interface IdentityManager {
/**
* Finds a node by its ID.
* @param context JXPathContext
* @param id String
* @return Pointer
*/
Pointer getPointerByID(JXPathContext context, String id);
}
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