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017    package org.apache.commons.jxpath;
018    
019    /**
020     * A delegate of {@link JXPathContext} that implements the XPath <code>"id()"</code>
021     * function. This delegate is only used when there is no default implementation
022     * of the <code>id()</code> function. For example, it is <i>not</i> used
023     * when the root of the context is a DOM Node.
024     *
025     * @author Dmitri Plotnikov
026     * @version $Revision: 652845 $ $Date: 2008-05-02 12:46:46 -0500 (Fri, 02 May 2008) $
027     */
028    public interface IdentityManager {
029    
030        /**
031         * Finds a node by its ID.
032         * @param context JXPathContext
033         * @param id String
034         * @return Pointer
035         */
036        Pointer getPointerByID(JXPathContext context, String id);
037    }