//==============================================================================
// XmlElementI.java
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

package tribble.xml;


// System imports

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;

import java.lang.Exception;
import java.lang.String;


// Local imports

// (None)


/*******************************************************************************
* XML element (tagged node).
*
* <p>
* Contains the name and namespace of a tagged XML element.
*
* <!------------------------------------------------------------------------ -->
* @version	$Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2003/04/13 22:30:09 $
* @since	2003-04-13
* @author
*	David R. Tribble
*	(<a href="mailto:david@tribble.com">david@tribble.com</a>).
*	<br>
*	Copyright ©2003 by David R. Tribble, all rights reserved.
*	<br>
*	Permission is granted to freely use and distribute this source code
*	provided that the original copyright and authorship notices remain
*	intact.
*
* @see	XmlAttributeI
* @see	XmlTextI
*/

public interface XmlElementI
    extends XmlItemI
{
// Identification

    /** Revision information. */
    static final String		REV =
        "@(#)tribble/xml/XmlElementI.java $Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2003/04/13 22:30:09 $\n";


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// Public constants

    // (None)


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// Public methods

    /***************************************************************************
    * Retrieve the name of this XML element.
    *
    * @return
    * Name (tag) of this tagged element.
    *
    * @since	1.1, 2003-04-13
    */

    public String getName();
        /*const*/


    /***************************************************************************
    * Retrieve the namespace name of this XML element.
    *
    * @return
    * Namespace (tag) of this tagged element, which may be empty (<tt>""</tt>)
    * if the element has no namespace prefix.
    *
    * @since	1.2, 2003-04-16
    */

    public String getNamespace();
        /*const*/
}

// End XmlElementI.java