NamespaceService (Trellis Linked Data Server Documentation)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DBNamespaceService, FileNamespaceService, NoopNamespaceService, SimpleNamespaceService
```
public interface NamespaceService
```
Namespaces may be stored globally across the server, and the NamespaceService provides a mechanism for retrieving and setting namespace values.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Map<String,String>`	`getNamespaces()`	Fetch the entire namespace mapping.
`boolean`	`setPrefix(String prefix, String namespace)`	Set the namespace for a given prefix.

- Method Detail
  - getNamespaces
```
Map<String,String> getNamespaces()
```
    Fetch the entire namespace mapping.
    
    Returns:
    
    the namespace mapping as prefix, namespace pairs
  - setPrefix
```
boolean setPrefix(String prefix,
                  String namespace)
```
    Set the namespace for a given prefix.
    
    Parameters:
    
    prefix - the prefix
    
    namespace - the namespace
    
    Returns:
    
    whether the new prefix was set