AbstractEntity.java

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package org.dom4j.tree;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Writer;

import org.dom4j.Element;
import org.dom4j.Entity;
import org.dom4j.Visitor;

/**
 * <p>
 * <code>AbstractEntity</code> is an abstract base class for tree implementors
 * to use for implementation inheritence.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:james.strachan@metastuff.com">James Strachan </a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.15 $
 */
public abstract class AbstractEntity extends AbstractNode implements Entity {
    public AbstractEntity() {
    }

    public short getNodeType() {
        return ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE;
    }

    public String getPath(Element context) {
        // From XPaths perspective, entities are included in text
        Element parent = getParent();

        return ((parent != null) && (parent != context)) ? (parent
                .getPath(context) + "/text()") : "text()";
    }

    public String getUniquePath(Element context) {
        // From XPaths perspective, entities are included in text
        Element parent = getParent();

        return ((parent != null) && (parent != context)) ? (parent
                .getUniquePath(context) + "/text()") : "text()";
    }

    public String toString() {
        return super.toString() + " [Entity: &" + getName() + ";]";
    }

    public String getStringValue() {
        return "&" + getName() + ";";
    }

    public String asXML() {
        return "&" + getName() + ";";
    }

    public void write(Writer writer) throws IOException {
        writer.write("&");
        writer.write(getName());
        writer.write(";");
    }

    public void accept(Visitor visitor) {
        visitor.visit(this);
    }
}

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