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21
22package com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.validation;
23
24
25/**
26 * The entity state interface defines methods that must be implemented
27 * by components that store information about entity declarations, as well as by
28 * entity validator that will need to validate attributes of type entity.
29 *
30 * @xerces.internal
31 *
32 * @author Elena Litani, IBM
33 */
34public interface EntityState {
35    /**
36     * Query method to check if entity with this name was declared.
37     *
38     * @param name
39     * @return true if name is a declared entity
40     */
41    public boolean isEntityDeclared (String name);
42
43    /**
44     * Query method to check if entity is unparsed.
45     *
46     * @param name
47     * @return true if name is an unparsed entity
48     */
49    public boolean isEntityUnparsed (String name);
50}
51