gcc/libjava/gnu/xml/dom/DomEntityReference.java

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package gnu.xml.dom;

import org.w3c.dom.DocumentType;
import org.w3c.dom.Entity;
import org.w3c.dom.EntityReference;

/**
 * <p> "EntityReference" implementation (reference to parsed entity).
 * This is a non-core DOM class, supporting the "XML" feature.
 * It does not represent builtin entities (such as "&amp;amp;")
 * or character references, which are always directly expanded in
 * DOM trees.</p>
 *
 * <p> Note that while the DOM specification permits these nodes to have
 * a readonly set of children, this is not required.  Similarly, it does
 * not require a DOM to couple EntityReference nodes with any Entity nodes
 * that have the same entity name (and equivalent children).  It also
 * effectively guarantees that references created directly or indirectly
 * through the <em>Document.ImportNode</em> method will not have children.
 * The level of functionality you may get is extremely variable.
 *
 * <p> Also significant is that even at their most functional level, the fact
 * that EntityReference children must be readonly has caused significant
 * problems when modifying work products held in DOM trees.  Other problems
 * include issues related to undeclared namespace prefixes (and references
 * to the current default namespace) that may be found in the text of such
 * parsed entities nodes.  These must be contextually bound as part of DOM
 * tree construction.  When such nodes are moved, the namespace associated
 * with a given prefix (or default) may change to be in conflict with the
 * namespace bound to the node at creation time.
 *
 * <p> In short, <em>avoid using this DOM functionality</em>.
 *
 * @see DomDoctype
 * @see DomEntity
 *
 * @author David Brownell 
 * @author <a href='mailto:dog@gnu.org'>Chris Burdess</a>
 */
public class DomEntityReference
  extends DomNode
  implements EntityReference
{

  private String name;
  
  /**
   * Constructs an EntityReference node associated with the specified
   * document.  The creator should populate this with whatever contents
   * are appropriate, and then mark it as readonly.
   *
   * <p>This constructor should only be invoked by a Document as part of
   * its createEntityReference functionality, or through a subclass which
   * is similarly used in a "Sub-DOM" style layer.
   *
   * @see DomNode#makeReadonly
   */
  protected DomEntityReference(DomDocument owner, String name)
  {
    super(ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, owner);
    this.name = name;
  }
  
  /**
   * Returns the name of the referenced entity.
   * @since DOM Level 1 Core
   */
  public final String getNodeName()
  {
    return name;
  }

  /**
   * The base URI of an entity reference is the base URI where the entity
   * declaration occurs.
   * @since DOM Level 3 Core
   */
  public final String getBaseURI()
  {
    DocumentType doctype = owner.getDoctype();
    if (doctype == null)
      {
        return null;
      }
    Entity entity = (Entity) doctype.getEntities().getNamedItem(name);
    if (entity == null)
      {
        return null;
      }
    return entity.getBaseURI();
  }

}