plugins/org.eclipse.wst.common.uriresolver/src/org/eclipse/wst/common/uriresolver/internal/provisional/URIResolver.java

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 *     IBM Corporation - Initial API and implementation
 *     Jens Lukowski/Innoopract - initial renaming/restructuring
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package org.eclipse.wst.common.uriresolver.internal.provisional;

/**
 * A URIResolver is used to resolve URI references to resources.
 */
public interface URIResolver {
	
	/**
	 * @param baseLocation - the location of the resource that contains the uri 
	 * @param publicId - an optional public identifier (i.e. namespace name), or null if none
	 * @param systemId - an absolute or relative URI, or null if none 
	 * @return an absolute URI represention the 'logical' location of the resource
	 */
	public String resolve(String baseLocation, String publicId, String systemId);
    
    /**
     * @param baseLocation - the location of the resource that contains the uri 
     * @param publicId - an optional public identifier (i.e. namespace name), or null if none
     * @param systemId - an absolute or relative URI, or null if none 
     * @return an absolute URI represention the 'physical' location of the resource
     */
    public String resolvePhysicalLocation(String baseLocation, String publicId, String logicalLocation);    
}