1 package javax.xml.stream.events; 2 /** 3 * An interface for handling Entity events. 4 * 5 * This event reports entities that have not been resolved 6 * and reports their replacement text unprocessed (if 7 * available). This event will be reported if javax.xml.stream.isReplacingEntityReferences 8 * is set to false. If javax.xml.stream.isReplacingEntityReferences is set to true 9 * entity references will be resolved transparently. 10 * 11 * Entities are handled in two possible ways: 12 * 13 * (1) If javax.xml.stream.isReplacingEntityReferences is set to true 14 * all entity references are resolved and reported as markup transparently. 15 * (2) If javax.xml.stream.isReplacingEntityReferences is set to false 16 * Entity references are reported as an EntityReference Event. 17 * 18 * @version 1.0 19 * @author Copyright (c) 2003 by BEA Systems. All Rights Reserved. 20 * @since 1.6 21 */ 22 public interface EntityReference extends XMLEvent { 23 24 /** 25 * Return the declaration of this entity. 26 */ 27 EntityDeclaration getDeclaration(); 28 29 /** 30 * The name of the entity 31 * @return the entity's name, may not be null 32 */ 33 String getName(); 34 } 35