## 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.

# 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`

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