Class DomEntityReference

"EntityReference" implementation (reference to parsed entity). This is a non-core DOM class, supporting the "XML" feature. It does not represent builtin entities (such as "&") or character references, which are always directly expanded in DOM trees.

Note that while the DOM specification permits these nodes to have a readonly set of children, this is not required. Similarly, it does not require a DOM to couple EntityReference nodes with any Entity nodes that have the same entity name (and equivalent children). It also effectively guarantees that references created directly or indirectly through the Document.ImportNode method will not have children. The level of functionality you may get is extremely variable.

Also significant is that even at their most functional level, the fact that EntityReference children must be readonly has caused significant problems when modifying work products held in DOM trees. Other problems include issues related to undeclared namespace prefixes (and references to the current default namespace) that may be found in the text of such parsed entities nodes. These must be contextually bound as part of DOM tree construction. When such nodes are moved, the namespace associated with a given prefix (or default) may change to be in conflict with the namespace bound to the node at creation time.

In short, avoid using this DOM functionality.

protected DomEntityReference(DomDocument owner,
                             String name)

public final String getBaseURI()

public final String getNodeName()