javax.xml.crypto
Interface URIReference

All Known Subinterfaces:

DOMURIReference, Reference, RetrievalMethod

public interface URIReference

Identifies a data object via a URI-Reference, as specified by RFC 2396.

Note that some subclasses may not have a type attribute and for objects of those types, the getType() method always returns null.

Since:

1.6

See Also:

URIDereferencer

Method Summary

String	getType() Returns the type of data referenced by this URI.
String	getURI() Returns the URI of the referenced data object.

Method Detail

getURI

String getURI()

Returns the URI of the referenced data object.

Returns:

the URI of the data object in RFC 2396 format (may be null if not specified)

getType

String getType()

Returns the type of data referenced by this URI.

Returns:

the type (a URI) of the data object (may be null if not specified)