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package org.apache.jena.rdf.model;

import java.util.NoSuchElementException ;

import org.apache.jena.util.iterator.* ;

/** An iterator which returns namespace URI's.
 *
 * <p>RDF iterators are standard Java iterators, except that they
 *    have an extra method that returns a specifically typed object,
 *    in this case a String representing a namespace URI, and have
 *    a <CODE>close()</CODE> method that should be called to free
 *    resources if the application does not complete the iteration.</p>
 */
public interface NsIterator extends ExtendedIterator<String> 
    {
    /** Return the next namespace name of the iteration.
     * @throws NoSuchElementException if there are no more to be returned.
     * @return The next name space URI from the iteration.
     */
    public String nextNs();
    }
