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package org.apache.xmlbeans.xml.stream;

import org.apache.xmlbeans.xml.stream.XMLInputStream;

/**
 * This interface can be implemented to allow resolution of references
 * on a stream.
 * @deprecated XMLInputStream was deprecated by XMLStreamReader from STaX - jsr173 API.
 */
public interface ReferenceResolver {
  /**
   * Returns the xml pointed to by this idref as an XMLInputStream
   * @param idref
   * @deprecated XMLInputStream was deprecated by XMLStreamReader from STaX - jsr173 API.
   */
  XMLInputStream resolve(String idref)
    throws XMLStreamException;

  /**
   * Returns the id that corresponds to this idref
   * @param idref
   */
  String getId(String idref);
}
