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package org.apache.xerces.dom;

EntityReference models the XML &entityname; syntax, when used for entities defined by the DOM. Entities hardcoded into XML, such as character entities, should instead have been translated into text by the code which generated the DOM tree.

An XML processor has the alternative of fully expanding Entities into the normal document tree. If it does so, no EntityReference nodes will appear.

Similarly, non-validating XML processors are not required to read or process entity declarations made in the external subset or declared in external parameter entities. Hence, some applications may not make the replacement value available for Parsed Entities of these types.

EntityReference behaves as a read-only node, and the children of the EntityReference (which reflect those of the Entity, and should also be read-only) give its replacement value, if any. They are supposed to automagically stay in synch if the DocumentType is updated with new values for the Entity.

The defined behavior makes efficient storage difficult for the DOM implementor. We can't just look aside to the Entity's definition in the DocumentType since those nodes have the wrong parent (unless we can come up with a clever "imaginary parent" mechanism). We must at least appear to clone those children... which raises the issue of keeping the reference synchronized with its parent. This leads me back to the "cached image of centrally defined data" solution, much as I dislike it.

For now I have decided, since REC-DOM-Level-1-19980818 doesn't cover this in much detail, that synchronization doesn't have to be considered while the user is deep in the tree. That is, if you're looking within one of the EntityReferennce's children and the Entity changes, you won't be informed; instead, you will continue to access the same object -- which may or may not still be part of the tree. This is the same behavior that obtains elsewhere in the DOM if the subtree you're looking at is deleted from its parent, so it's acceptable here. (If it really bothers folks, we could set things up so deleted subtrees are walked and marked invalid, but that's not part of the DOM's defined behavior.)

As a result, only the EntityReference itself has to be aware of changes in the Entity. And it can take advantage of the same structure-change-monitoring code I implemented to support DeepNodeList.

@xerces.internal
Version:$Id: DeferredEntityReferenceImpl.java 447266 2006-09-18 05:57:49Z mrglavas $
Since: PR-DOM-Level-1-19980818.
/** * EntityReference models the XML &entityname; syntax, when used for * entities defined by the DOM. Entities hardcoded into XML, such as * character entities, should instead have been translated into text * by the code which generated the DOM tree. * <P> * An XML processor has the alternative of fully expanding Entities * into the normal document tree. If it does so, no EntityReference nodes * will appear. * <P> * Similarly, non-validating XML processors are not required to read * or process entity declarations made in the external subset or * declared in external parameter entities. Hence, some applications * may not make the replacement value available for Parsed Entities * of these types. * <P> * EntityReference behaves as a read-only node, and the children of * the EntityReference (which reflect those of the Entity, and should * also be read-only) give its replacement value, if any. They are * supposed to automagically stay in synch if the DocumentType is * updated with new values for the Entity. * <P> * The defined behavior makes efficient storage difficult for the DOM * implementor. We can't just look aside to the Entity's definition * in the DocumentType since those nodes have the wrong parent (unless * we can come up with a clever "imaginary parent" mechanism). We * must at least appear to clone those children... which raises the * issue of keeping the reference synchronized with its parent. * This leads me back to the "cached image of centrally defined data" * solution, much as I dislike it. * <P> * For now I have decided, since REC-DOM-Level-1-19980818 doesn't * cover this in much detail, that synchronization doesn't have to be * considered while the user is deep in the tree. That is, if you're * looking within one of the EntityReferennce's children and the Entity * changes, you won't be informed; instead, you will continue to access * the same object -- which may or may not still be part of the tree. * This is the same behavior that obtains elsewhere in the DOM if the * subtree you're looking at is deleted from its parent, so it's * acceptable here. (If it really bothers folks, we could set things * up so deleted subtrees are walked and marked invalid, but that's * not part of the DOM's defined behavior.) * <P> * As a result, only the EntityReference itself has to be aware of * changes in the Entity. And it can take advantage of the same * structure-change-monitoring code I implemented to support * DeepNodeList. * * @xerces.internal * * @version $Id: DeferredEntityReferenceImpl.java 447266 2006-09-18 05:57:49Z mrglavas $ * @since PR-DOM-Level-1-19980818. */
public class DeferredEntityReferenceImpl extends EntityReferenceImpl implements DeferredNode { // // Constants //
Serialization version.
/** Serialization version. */
static final long serialVersionUID = 390319091370032223L; // // Data //
Node index.
/** Node index. */
protected transient int fNodeIndex; // // Constructors //
This is the deferred constructor. Only the fNodeIndex is given here. All other data, can be requested from the ownerDocument via the index.
/** * This is the deferred constructor. Only the fNodeIndex is given here. * All other data, can be requested from the ownerDocument via the index. */
DeferredEntityReferenceImpl(DeferredDocumentImpl ownerDocument, int nodeIndex) { super(ownerDocument, null); fNodeIndex = nodeIndex; needsSyncData(true); } // <init>(DeferredDocumentImpl,int) // // DeferredNode methods //
Returns the node index.
/** Returns the node index. */
public int getNodeIndex() { return fNodeIndex; } // // Protected methods //
Synchronize the entity data. This is special because of the way that the "fast" version stores the information.
/** * Synchronize the entity data. This is special because of the way * that the "fast" version stores the information. */
protected void synchronizeData() { // no need to sychronize again needsSyncData(false); // get the node data DeferredDocumentImpl ownerDocument = (DeferredDocumentImpl)this.ownerDocument; name = ownerDocument.getNodeName(fNodeIndex); baseURI = ownerDocument.getNodeValue(fNodeIndex); } // synchronizeData()
Synchronize the children.
/** Synchronize the children. */
protected void synchronizeChildren() { // no need to synchronize again needsSyncChildren(false); // get children isReadOnly(false); DeferredDocumentImpl ownerDocument = (DeferredDocumentImpl) ownerDocument(); ownerDocument.synchronizeChildren(this, fNodeIndex); setReadOnly(true, true); } // synchronizeChildren() } // class DeferredEntityReferenceImpl