The Name class of the com.ms.xml.util package allows efficient sharing of duplicate names in the system by creating a global hash table of all names. Names are different from Atoms in that they can be qualified by a separate namespace string. In effect, Names are compound Atoms.
public class Name { // Methods public static Name create(String s); public static Name create(char val[], int offset, int len); public static Name create(String name, String ns); public static Name create(String name, Atom nameSpace); public boolean equals(Object that); public String getName(); public Atom getNameSpace(); public int hashCode(); public String toString(); }