Class EntityRef

java.lang.Object
  extended by Content
      extended by EntityRef
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable
public class EntityRef
extends Content

An XML entity reference. Methods allow the user to manage its name, public id, and system id.

See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
private static java.lang.StringCVS_ID
           
protected  java.lang.Stringname
          The name of the EntityRef
protected  java.lang.StringpublicID
          The PublicID of the EntityRef
protected  java.lang.StringsystemID
          The SystemID of the EntityRef
 
Fields inherited from class Content
parent
 
Constructor Summary
protected EntityRef()
          Default, no-args constructor for implementations to use if needed.
 EntityRef(java.lang.String name)
          This will create a new EntityRef with the supplied name.
 EntityRef(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String systemID)
          This will create a new EntityRef with the supplied name and system id.
 EntityRef(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String publicID, java.lang.String systemID)
          This will create a new EntityRef with the supplied name, public id, and system id.
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.StringgetName()
          This returns the name of the EntityRef.
 java.lang.StringgetPublicID()
          This will return the publid ID of this EntityRef.
 java.lang.StringgetSystemID()
          This will return the system ID of this EntityRef.
 java.lang.StringgetValue()
          Returns the empty string since entity references don't have an XPath 1.0 string value.
 EntityRefsetName(java.lang.String name)
          This will set the name of this EntityRef.
 EntityRefsetPublicID(java.lang.String publicID)
          This will set the public ID of this EntityRef.
 EntityRefsetSystemID(java.lang.String systemID)
          This will set the system ID of this EntityRef.
 java.lang.StringtoString()
          This returns a String representation of the EntityRef, suitable for debugging.
 
Methods inherited from class Content
clone, detach, equals, getDocument, getParent, getParentElement, hashCode, setParent
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

CVS_ID

private static final java.lang.String CVS_ID
See Also:
Constant Field Values

name

protected java.lang.String name
The name of the EntityRef

publicID

protected java.lang.String publicID
The PublicID of the EntityRef

systemID

protected java.lang.String systemID
The SystemID of the EntityRef

Constructor Detail

EntityRef

protected EntityRef()
Default, no-args constructor for implementations to use if needed.

EntityRef

public EntityRef(java.lang.String name)
This will create a new EntityRef with the supplied name.

Parameters:
name - String name of element.
Throws:
IllegalNameException - if the given name is not a legal XML name.

EntityRef

public EntityRef(java.lang.String name,
                 java.lang.String systemID)
This will create a new EntityRef with the supplied name and system id.

Parameters:
name - String name of element.
systemID - system id of the entity reference being constructed
Throws:
IllegalNameException - if the given name is not a legal XML name.
IllegalDataException - if the given system ID is not a legal system literal.

EntityRef

public EntityRef(java.lang.String name,
                 java.lang.String publicID,
                 java.lang.String systemID)
This will create a new EntityRef with the supplied name, public id, and system id.

Parameters:
name - String name of element.
publicID - public id of the entity reference being constructed
systemID - system id of the entity reference being constructed
Throws:
IllegalDataException - if the given system ID is not a legal system literal or the the given public ID is not a legal public ID
IllegalNameException - if the given name is not a legal XML name.
Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()
This returns the name of the EntityRef.

Returns:
String - entity name.

getValue

public java.lang.String getValue()
Returns the empty string since entity references don't have an XPath 1.0 string value.

Specified by:
getValue in class Content
Returns:
the empty string

getPublicID

public java.lang.String getPublicID()
This will return the publid ID of this EntityRef. If there is no public ID, then this returns null.

Returns:
public ID of this EntityRef

getSystemID

public java.lang.String getSystemID()
This will return the system ID of this EntityRef. If there is no system ID, then this returns null.

Returns:
system ID of this EntityRef

setName

public EntityRef setName(java.lang.String name)
This will set the name of this EntityRef.

Parameters:
name - new name of the entity
Returns:
this EntityRef modified.
Throws:
IllegalNameException - if the given name is not a legal XML name.

setPublicID

public EntityRef setPublicID(java.lang.String publicID)
This will set the public ID of this EntityRef.

Parameters:
publicID - new public id
Returns:
this EntityRef modified.
Throws:
IllegalDataException - if the given public ID is not a legal public ID.

setSystemID

public EntityRef setSystemID(java.lang.String systemID)
This will set the system ID of this EntityRef.

Parameters:
systemID - new system id
Returns:
this EntityRef modified.
Throws:
IllegalDataException - if the given system ID is not a legal system literal.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()
This returns a String representation of the EntityRef, suitable for debugging.

Overrides:
toString in class java.lang.Object
Returns:
String - information about the EntityRef