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  25 
  26 package com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime;
  27 
  28 import javax.xml.namespace.NamespaceContext;
  29 
  30 import com.sun.istack.internal.NotNull;
  31 
  32 /**
  33  * Maintains {@code namespace <-> prefix} bindings.
  34  *
  35  * <p>
  36  * This interface extends {@link NamespaceContext} and provides
  37  * an additional functionality, which is necessary to declare
  38  * namespaced attributes on elements. The added method is for
  39  * self-consumption by the marshaller.
  40  *
  41  * This object is composed into a Serializer.
  42  */
  43 public interface NamespaceContext2 extends NamespaceContext
  44 {
  45     /**
  46      * Declares a new namespace binding within the current context.
  47      *
  48      * <p>
  49      * The prefix is automatically assigned by MarshallingContext. If
  50      * a given namespace URI is already declared, nothing happens.
  51      *
  52      * <p>
  53      * It is <b>NOT</b> an error to declare the same namespace URI
  54      * more than once.
  55      *
  56      * <p>
  57      * For marshalling to work correctly, all namespace bindings
  58      * for an element must be declared between its startElement method and
  59      * its endAttributes event. Calling the same method with the same
  60      * parameter between the endAttributes and the endElement returns
  61      * the same prefix.
  62      *
  63      * @param   requirePrefix
  64      *      If this parameter is true, this method must assign a prefix
  65      *      to this namespace, even if it's already bound to the default
  66      *      namespace. IOW, this method will never return null if this
  67      *      flag is true. This functionality is necessary to declare
  68      *      namespace URI used for attribute names.
  69      * @param   preferedPrefix
  70      *      If the caller has any particular preference to the
  71      *      prefix, pass that as a parameter. The callee will try
  72      *      to honor it. Set null if there's no particular preference.
  73      *
  74      * @return
  75      *      returns the assigned prefix. If the namespace is bound to
  76      *      the default namespace, null is returned.
  77      */
  78     String declareNamespace( String namespaceUri, String preferedPrefix, boolean requirePrefix );
  79 
  80     /**
  81      * Forcibly make a namespace declaration in effect.
  82      *
  83      * If the (prefix,uri) binding is already in-scope, this method
  84      * simply returns the assigned prefix index. Otherwise a new
  85      * declaration will be put.
  86      */
  87     int force(@NotNull String uri, @NotNull String prefix);
  88 }