## net.sf.saxon.om
Class Name

    java.lang.Object
      net.sf.saxon.om.Name

public abstract class Name
extends java.lang.Object

This class exists to contain some static methods for validating the syntax of names.

Method Summary
`static java.lang.String` `getPrefix(java.lang.String qname)` Extract the prefix from a QName.
`static java.lang.String[]` `getQNameParts(java.lang.CharSequence qname)` Validate a QName, and return the prefix and local name.
`static boolean` `isQName(java.lang.String name)` Validate whether a given string constitutes a valid QName, as defined in XML Namespaces.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Method Detail

### isQName

    public static final boolean isQName(java.lang.String name)

  Validate whether a given string constitutes a valid QName, as defined in XML Namespaces. Note that this does not test whether the prefix is actually declared.

  Parameters:
    `name` - the name to be tested
  Returns:
    true if the name is a lexically-valid QName

### getPrefix

    public static final java.lang.String getPrefix(java.lang.String qname)

  Extract the prefix from a QName. Note, the QName is assumed to be valid.

  Parameters:
    `qname` - The lexical QName whose prefix is required
  Returns:
    the prefix, that is the part before the colon. Returns an empty string if there is no prefix

### getQNameParts

    public static final java.lang.String[] getQNameParts(java.lang.CharSequence qname)
                                                  throws QNameException

  Validate a QName, and return the prefix and local name.

  Parameters:
    `qname` - the lexical QName whose parts are required
  Returns:
    an array of two strings, the prefix and the local name. The first item is a zero-length string if there is no prefix.
  Throws:
    `QNameException` - if not a valid QName.