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package com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.validation;


The entity state interface defines methods that must be implemented
by components that store information about entity declarations, as well as by
entity validator that will need to validate attributes of type entity.
Author:
Elena Litani, IBM
@xerces.internal
/**
 * The entity state interface defines methods that must be implemented
 * by components that store information about entity declarations, as well as by
 * entity validator that will need to validate attributes of type entity.
 *
 * @xerces.internal
 *
 * @author Elena Litani, IBM
 */
public interface EntityState {
    
Query method to check if entity with this name was declared.
Params:
name – 
Returns:
true if name is a declared entity/**
     * Query method to check if entity with this name was declared.
     *
     * @param name
     * @return true if name is a declared entity
     */
    public boolean isEntityDeclared (String name);

    
Query method to check if entity is unparsed.
Params:
name – 
Returns:
true if name is an unparsed entity/**
     * Query method to check if entity is unparsed.
     *
     * @param name
     * @return true if name is an unparsed entity
     */
    public boolean isEntityUnparsed (String name);
}