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

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.xerces.impl.dv.dtd.ENTITYDatatypeValidator

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.

Version:
  $Id: ENTITYDatatypeValidator.java 446749 2006-09-15 21:51:23Z mrglavas $
Author:
  Jeffrey Rodriguez, IBM, Sandy Gao, IBM

# INTERNAL:

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

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
    `InvalidDatatypeValueException`
  See Also:
    `InvalidDatatypeValueException`

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