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16
17 package org.apache.xerces.impl.validation;
18
19
20 /**
21  * The entity state interface defines methods that must be implemented
22  * by components that store information about entity declarations, as well as by
23  * entity validator that will need to validate attributes of type entity.
24  *
25  * @xerces.internal
26  *
27  * @author Elena Litani, IBM
28  * @version $Id: EntityState.java,v 1.6 2004/10/04 22:07:41 mrglavas Exp $
29  */
30 public interface EntityState {
31     /**
32      * Query method to check if entity with this name was declared.
33      *
34      * @param name
35      * @return true if name is a declared entity
36      */
37     public boolean isEntityDeclared (String JavaDoc name);
38
39     /**
40      * Query method to check if entity is unparsed.
41      *
42      * @param name
43      * @return true if name is an unparsed entity
44      */
45     public boolean isEntityUnparsed (String JavaDoc name);
46 }
47
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