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 the entity.

See Also:

DTD

Fields

name

public String name

type

public int type

data

public char[] 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