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package com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.validation;


/**
 * The entity state interface defines methods that must be implemented
 * by components that store information about entity declarations, as well as by
 * entity validator that will need to validate attributes of type entity.
 * 
 * @xerces.internal
 * 
 * @author Elena Litani, IBM
 * @version $Id: EntityState.java,v 1.2.6.1 2005/09/06 11:49:43 neerajbj Exp $
 */
public interface EntityState {
    /**
     * Query method to check if entity with this name was declared.
     * 
     * @param name
     * @return true if name is a declared entity
     */
    public boolean isEntityDeclared (String name);

    /**
     * Query method to check if entity is unparsed.
     * 
     * @param name
     * @return true if name is an unparsed entity
     */
    public boolean isEntityUnparsed (String name);
}