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package javax.xml.stream.events;

import java.util.Iterator;

import javax.xml.namespace.QName;

/**

 * An interface for the end element event.  An EndElement is reported

 * for each End Tag in the document.

 *

 * @version 1.0

 * @author Copyright (c) 2009 by Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

 * @see XMLEvent

 * @since 1.6

 */

public interface EndElement extends XMLEvent {

  /**

   * Get the name of this event

   * @return the qualified name of this event

   */

  public QName getName();

  /**

   * Returns an Iterator of namespaces that have gone out

   * of scope.  Returns an empty iterator if no namespaces have gone

   * out of scope.

   * @return an Iterator over Namespace interfaces, or an

   * empty iterator

   */

  public Iterator<Namespace> getNamespaces();

}