Class Entity

java.lang.Object
- javax.swing.text.html.parser.Entity

All Implemented Interfaces:: DTDConstants

public final class Entity
extends Object
implements DTDConstants

An entity is described in a DTD using the ENTITY construct. It defines the type and value of the entity.

See Also:: DTD

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`char[]`	`data`	The char array of data.
`String`	`name`	The name of the entity.
`int`	`type`	The type of the entity.

Fields declared in interface javax.swing.text.html.parser.DTDConstants

ANY, CDATA, CONREF, CURRENT, DEFAULT, EMPTY, ENDTAG, ENTITIES, ENTITY, FIXED, GENERAL, ID, IDREF, IDREFS, IMPLIED, MD, MODEL, MS, NAME, NAMES, NMTOKEN, NMTOKENS, NOTATION, NUMBER, NUMBERS, NUTOKEN, NUTOKENS, PARAMETER, PI, PUBLIC, RCDATA, REQUIRED, SDATA, STARTTAG, SYSTEM

Constructors

Constructor	Description
`Entity(String name, int type, char[] data)`	Creates an entity.

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`char[]`	`getData()`	Returns the `data`.
`String`	`getName()`	Gets the name of the entity.
`String`	`getString()`	Returns the data as a `String`.
`int`	`getType()`	Gets the type of the entity.
`boolean`	`isGeneral()`	Returns `true` if it is a general entity.
`boolean`	`isParameter()`	Returns `true` if it is a parameter entity.
`static int`	`name2type(String nm)`	Converts `nm` string to the corresponding entity type.

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Fields

name

public String name

The name of the entity.

type

public int type

The type of the entity.

data

public char[] data

The char array of data.

Constructors

Entity

public Entity(String name,
              int type,
              char[] data)

Creates an entity.

Parameters:: name - the name of the entity; type - the type of the entity; data - the char array of data

Methods

getName

public String getName()

Gets the name of the entity.

Returns:: the name of the entity, as a String

getType

public int getType()

Gets the type of the entity.

Returns:: the type of the entity

isParameter

public boolean isParameter()

Returns true if it is a parameter entity.

Returns:: true if it is a parameter entity

isGeneral

public boolean isGeneral()

Returns true if it is a general entity.

Returns:: true if it is a general entity

getData

public char[] getData()

Returns the data.

Returns:: the data

getString

public String getString()

Returns the data as a String.

Returns:: the data as a String

name2type

public static int name2type(String nm)

Converts nm string to the corresponding entity type. If the string does not have a corresponding entity type, returns the type corresponding to "CDATA". Valid entity types are: "PUBLIC", "CDATA", "SDATA", "PI", "STARTTAG", "ENDTAG", "MS", "MD", "SYSTEM".

Parameters:: nm - the string to be converted
Returns:: the corresponding entity type, or the type corresponding to "CDATA", if none exists

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