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  22 package 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  */
  34 public 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 }