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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 PANTHEON.tech, s.r.o. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
+ * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ */
+package org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.xpath.api;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.concepts.Immutable;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.common.AbstractQName;
+
+/**
+ * An object referencing a QName, either resolved or unresolved.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Varga
+ */
+@Beta
+public interface QNameReferent extends Immutable {
+ /**
+ * Return the referenced {@link AbstractQName}.
+ *
+ * @return An AbstractQName
+ */
+ AbstractQName getQName();
+
+ /**
+ * Return local name part of the referenced QName.
+ *
+ * @return Local name string.
+ */
+ default String getLocalName() {
+ return getQName().getLocalName();
+ }
+}