#region License

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#endregion

using System;

namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Xml
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Used by <see cref="DefaultObjectDefinitionDocumentReader"/> to locate
    /// <see cref="INamespaceParser"/> implementations for a particular namespace URI.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>TODO (EE): clarify naming of INamespaceParser (SPR/NET) vs. INamespaceHandler (SPR/Java), thus internal for now</remarks>
    /// <author>Erich Eichinger</author>
    /// <seealso cref="XmlObjectDefinitionReader.NamespaceParserResolver"/>
    /// <seealso cref="XmlObjectDefinitionReader.CreateDefaultNamespaceParserResolver"/>
    /// <seealso cref="XmlReaderContext.NamespaceParserResolver"/>
    internal interface INamespaceParserResolver
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Lookup a <see cref="INamespaceParser"/> for the given namespace URI.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="namespaceUri">the namespace URI</param>
        /// <returns>the located namespace handler or <c>null</c></returns>
        INamespaceParser Resolve(string namespaceUri);
    }
}