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package org.apache.commons.jxpath;

/**
 * More complete implementation for the XPath {@code "key()"} function. Returns NodeSet results and allows Object values for better compatibility with non-XML
 * graphs.
 *
 * @since JXPath 1.3
 */
public interface ExtendedKeyManager extends KeyManager {

    /**
     * Find a NodeSet by key/value.
     *
     * @param context base
     * @param key     String
     * @param value   Object
     * @return NodeSet found
     */
    NodeSet getNodeSetByKey(JXPathContext context, String key, Object value);
}
