# Interface URIReference

All Known Subinterfaces:
  `DOMURIReference, Reference, RetrievalMethod`

public interface URIReference
Identifies a data object via a URI-Reference, as specified by RFC 2396.

Note that some subclasses may not have a `type` attribute and for objects of those types, the `getType()` method always returns `null`.

Since:
  1.6
See Also:
  - `URIDereferencer`

## Method Summary

Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`String`
`getType()`
Returns the type of data referenced by this URI.
`String`
`getURI()`
Returns the URI of the referenced data object.

## Method Details

### getURI

String getURI()
Returns the URI of the referenced data object.

Returns:
  the URI of the data object in RFC 2396 format (may be `null` if not specified)

### getType

String getType()
Returns the type of data referenced by this URI.

Returns:
  the type (a URI) of the data object (may be `null` if not specified)