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017    package org.apache.commons.scxml.model;
018    
019    import java.util.Map;
020    
021    /**
022     * A <code>NamespacePrefixesHolder</code> is an entity that retains
023     * namespace prefix information from the document for deferred XPath
024     * evaluation.
025     *
026     */
027    public interface NamespacePrefixesHolder {
028    
029        /**
030         * Get the map of namespaces, with keys as prefixes and values as URIs.
031         *
032         * @param namespaces The namespaces prefix map.
033         */
034        void setNamespaces(Map namespaces);
035    
036        /**
037         * Get the map of namespaces, with keys as prefixes and values as URIs.
038         *
039         * @return The namespaces prefix map.
040         */
041        Map getNamespaces();
042    
043    }
044