org.apache.xerces.impl.dv.dtd
Class ENTITYDatatypeValidator

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

DatatypeValidator

public class ENTITYDatatypeValidator

extends java.lang.Object

implements DatatypeValidator

ENTITYDatatypeValidator implements the DatattypeValidator interface. This validator embodies the ENTITY attribute type from XML1.0 recommendation. The Value space of ENTITY is the set of all strings that match the NCName production and have been declared as an unparsed entity in a document type definition. The Lexical space of Entity is the set of all strings that match the NCName production. The value space of ENTITY is scoped to a specific instance document.

INTERNAL:

Usage of this class is not supported. It may be altered or removed at any time.

Version:

$Id: ENTITYDatatypeValidator.java 699892 2008-09-28 21:08:27Z mrglavas $

Author:

Jeffrey Rodriguez, IBM, Sandy Gao, IBM

Constructor Summary

ENTITYDatatypeValidator()

Method Summary

void	validate(java.lang.String content, ValidationContext context) Checks that "content" string is valid ID value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ENTITYDatatypeValidator

public ENTITYDatatypeValidator()

Method Detail

validate

public void validate(java.lang.String content,
                     ValidationContext context)
              throws InvalidDatatypeValueException

Checks that "content" string is valid ID value. If invalid a Datatype validation exception is thrown.

Specified by:

validate in interface DatatypeValidator

Parameters:

content - the string value that needs to be validated

context - the validation context

Throws:

InvalidDatatypeException - if the content is invalid according to the rules for the validators

See Also:

InvalidDatatypeValueException