public interface NameParser
This interface is used for parsing names from a hierarchical
 namespace.  The NameParser contains knowledge of the syntactic
 information (like left-to-right orientation, name separator, etc.)
 needed to parse names.
 The equals() method, when used to compare two NameParsers, returns
 true if and only if they serve the same namespace.
- Since:
- 1.3
- See Also:
- CompoundName,- Name
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Method Details- 
parseParses a name into its components.- Parameters:
- name- The non-null string name to parse.
- Returns:
- A non-null parsed form of the name using the naming convention of this parser.
- Throws:
- InvalidNameException- If name does not conform to syntax defined for the namespace.
- NamingException- If a naming exception was encountered.
 
 
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