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package javax.xml.stream.events;

import java.util.Iterator;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
/**
 * An interface for the end element event.  An EndElement is reported
 * for each End Tag in the document.
 *
 * @version 1.0
 * @author Copyright (c) 2009 by Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
 * @see XMLEvent
 * @since 1.6
 */
public interface EndElement extends XMLEvent {

  /**
   * Get the name of this event
   * @return the qualified name of this event
   */
  public QName getName();

  /**
   * Returns an Iterator of namespaces that have gone out
   * of scope.  Returns an empty iterator if no namespaces have gone
   * out of scope.
   * @return an Iterator over Namespace interfaces, or an
   * empty iterator
   */
  public Iterator<Namespace> getNamespaces();

}