/*
 * Copyright 2007 Edward Kuns
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
 * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 *
 * $Id: Namespace.java 0000 2007-01-11 00:00:00Z ekuns $
 */
package org.castor.xmlctf.xmldiff.xml.nodes;

/**
 * A class representing a Namespace for an Element. Objects of this type are not part of the XML
 * node tree.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:edward.kuns@aspect.com">Edward Kuns</a>
 * @version $Revision: 0000 $ $Date: 2007-01-11 00:00:00 -0600 (Thu, 11 Jan 2007) $
 * @since Castor 1.1
 */
public class Namespace {

  /** Prefix for this Namespace */
  private final String _prefix;
  /** Namespace URI of this Namespace. */
  private final String _namespaceUri;

  /**
   * Creates a new Namespace object for an XML Element.
   *
   * @param prefix the prefix of this namespace binding. (May be null.)
   * @param namespaceURI the namespace URI mapped to this prefix. (May be null.)
   */
  public Namespace(final String prefix, final String namespaceURI) {
    _prefix = prefix;
    _namespaceUri = namespaceURI;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the prefix of this namespace.
   * 
   * @return The prefix of this namespace.
   */
  public String getPrefix() {
    return _prefix;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the string value of the namespace.
   * 
   * @return The string value of the namespace.
   */
  public String getNamespaceUri() {
    return _namespaceUri;
  }

}
