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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>XML::DOM::Entity - An XML ENTITY in XML::DOM</TITLE></HEAD><BODY><H1><A NAME="NAME">NAME

</A></H1><P>XML::DOM::Entity - An XML ENTITY in XML::DOM

<P><HR><H1><A NAME="DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION

</A></H1><P>XML::DOM::Entity extends <A HREF="Node.html">XML::DOM::Node</A>.

<P>This node represents an Entity declaration, e.g.

<PRE> &lt;!ENTITY % draft 'INCLUDE'&gt;

</PRE><PRE> &lt;!ENTITY hatch-pic SYSTEM "../grafix/OpenHatch.gif" NDATA gif&gt;

</PRE><P>The first one is called a parameter entity and is referenced like this: %draft;
The 2nd is a (regular) entity and is referenced like this: &amp;hatch-pic;

<H2><A NAME="METHODS">METHODS

</A></H2><DL><DT><A NAME="getNotationName_"><STRONG><P>getNotationName

</STRONG></A><DD>Returns the name of the notation for the entity.

<P><I>Not Implemented</I> The DOM Spec says: For unparsed entities, the name of the 
notation for the entity. For parsed entities, this is null.
(This implementation does not support unparsed entities.)

<DT><A NAME="getSysId_"><STRONG><P>getSysId

</STRONG></A><DD>Returns the system id, or undef.

<DT><A NAME="getPubId_"><STRONG><P>getPubId

</STRONG></A><DD>Returns the public id, or undef.

</DL><H2><A NAME="Additional_methods_not_in_the_DOM_Spec">Additional methods not in the DOM Spec

</A></H2><DL><DT><A NAME="isParameterEntity_"><STRONG><P>isParameterEntity

</STRONG></A><DD>Whether it is a parameter entity (%ent;) or not (&amp;ent;)

<DT><A NAME="getValue_"><STRONG><P>getValue

</STRONG></A><DD>Returns the entity value.

<DT><A NAME="getNdata_"><STRONG><P>getNdata

</STRONG></A><DD>Returns the NDATA declaration (for general unparsed entities), or undef.

</DL><P><HR><I><FONT SIZE="-1">Last updated: Wed Feb 23 13:37:24 2000</FONT></I></BODY></HTML>