# Interface EntityReference

All Superinterfaces:
  `XMLEvent, XMLStreamConstants`

public interface EntityReference extends XMLEvent
An interface for handling Entity events. This event reports entities that have not been resolved and reports their replacement text unprocessed (if available). This event will be reported if javax.xml.stream.isReplacingEntityReferences is set to false. If javax.xml.stream.isReplacingEntityReferences is set to true entity references will be resolved transparently. Entities are handled in two possible ways: (1) If javax.xml.stream.isReplacingEntityReferences is set to true all entity references are resolved and reported as markup transparently. (2) If javax.xml.stream.isReplacingEntityReferences is set to false Entity references are reported as an EntityReference Event.

Since:
  1.6

- ## Field Summary

  ### Fields declared in interface XMLStreamConstants

  `ATTRIBUTE, CDATA, CHARACTERS, COMMENT, DTD, END_DOCUMENT, END_ELEMENT, ENTITY_DECLARATION, ENTITY_REFERENCE, NAMESPACE, NOTATION_DECLARATION, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, SPACE, START_DOCUMENT, START_ELEMENT`
  Modifier and Type
  Field
  Description
  `static final int`
  `ATTRIBUTE`
  Indicates an event is an attribute
  `static final int`
  `CDATA`
  Indicates an event is a CDATA section
  `static final int`
  `CHARACTERS`
  Indicates an event is characters
  `static final int`
  `COMMENT`
  Indicates an event is a comment
  `static final int`
  `DTD`
  Indicates an event is a DTD
  `static final int`
  `END_DOCUMENT`
  Indicates an event is an end document
  `static final int`
  `END_ELEMENT`
  Indicates an event is an end element
  `static final int`
  `ENTITY_DECLARATION`
  Indicates a Entity Declaration
  `static final int`
  `ENTITY_REFERENCE`
  Indicates an event is an entity reference
  `static final int`
  `NAMESPACE`
  Indicates the event is a namespace declaration
  `static final int`
  `NOTATION_DECLARATION`
  Indicates a Notation
  `static final int`
  `PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION`
  Indicates an event is a processing instruction
  `static final int`
  `SPACE`
  The characters are white space (see [XML], 2.10 "White Space Handling").
  `static final int`
  `START_DOCUMENT`
  Indicates an event is a start document
  `static final int`
  `START_ELEMENT`
  Indicates an event is a start element

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `EntityDeclaration`
  `getDeclaration()`
  Return the declaration of this entity.
  `String`
  `getName()`
  The name of the entity

  ### Methods declared in interface XMLEvent

  `asCharacters, asEndElement, asStartElement, getEventType, getLocation, getSchemaType, isAttribute, isCharacters, isEndDocument, isEndElement, isEntityReference, isNamespace, isProcessingInstruction, isStartDocument, isStartElement, writeAsEncodedUnicode`
  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `Characters`
  `asCharacters()`
  Returns this event as Characters, may result in a class cast exception if this event is not Characters.
  `EndElement`
  `asEndElement()`
  Returns this event as an end element event, may result in a class cast exception if this event is not a end element.
  `StartElement`
  `asStartElement()`
  Returns this event as a start element event, may result in a class cast exception if this event is not a start element.
  `int`
  `getEventType()`
  Returns an integer code for this event.
  `Location`
  `getLocation()`
  Return the location of this event.
  `QName`
  `getSchemaType()`
  This method is provided for implementations to provide optional type information about the associated event.
  `boolean`
  `isAttribute()`
  A utility function to check if this event is an Attribute.
  `boolean`
  `isCharacters()`
  A utility function to check if this event is Characters.
  `boolean`
  `isEndDocument()`
  A utility function to check if this event is an EndDocument.
  `boolean`
  `isEndElement()`
  A utility function to check if this event is a EndElement.
  `boolean`
  `isEntityReference()`
  A utility function to check if this event is an EntityReference.
  `boolean`
  `isNamespace()`
  A utility function to check if this event is a Namespace.
  `boolean`
  `isProcessingInstruction()`
  A utility function to check if this event is a ProcessingInstruction.
  `boolean`
  `isStartDocument()`
  A utility function to check if this event is a StartDocument.
  `boolean`
  `isStartElement()`
  A utility function to check if this event is a StartElement.
  `void`
  `writeAsEncodedUnicode(Writer writer)`
  This method will write the XMLEvent as per the XML 1.0 specification as Unicode characters.

- ## Method Details

  - ### getDeclaration

    EntityDeclaration getDeclaration()
    Return the declaration of this entity.
    Returns:
      the declaration

  - ### getName

    String getName()
    The name of the entity
    Returns:
      the entity's name, may not be null