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package org.opensaml.xml;

import javax.xml.namespace.QName;

import org.opensaml.xml.util.XMLConstants;

/**
 * Interface for element having a <code>@xml:base</code> attribute.
 * 
 */
public interface BaseBearing {

    /** The <code>base</code> attribute local name. */
    public static final String XML_BASE_ATTR_LOCAL_NAME = "base";

    /** The <code>xml:base</code> qualified attribute name. */
    public static final QName XML_BASE_ATTR_NAME =
        new QName(XMLConstants.XML_NS, XML_BASE_ATTR_LOCAL_NAME, XMLConstants.XML_PREFIX);

    /**
     * Returns the <code>@xml:base</code> attribute value.
     * 
     * @return The <code>@xml:base</code> attribute value or <code>null</code>.
     */
    public String getXMLBase();

    /**
     * Sets the <code>@xml:base</code> attribute value.
     * 
     * @param newBase The <code>@xml:base</code> attribute value
     */
    public void setXMLBase(String newBase);

}