NAME

XML::DTD::Entity - Perl module representing an entity declaration in a DTD

SYNOPSIS

use XML::DTD::Entity;

my $ent = XML::DTD::Entity->new('<!ENTITY a "b">');

DESCRIPTION

XML::DTD::Entity is a Perl module representing an entity declaration in a DTD. The following methods are provided.

new

my $ent = XML::DTD::Entity->new('<!ENTITY a "b">');

Construct a new XML::DTD::Entity object.

name

print $ent->name;

Return the entity name

isparam

if ($ent->isparam) {
...
}

Determine whether the object represents a parameter entity

isextern

if ($ent->isextern) {
...
}

Determine whether the object represents an external entity

value

print $ent->value;

Return the entity value

writexml

$xo = new XML::Output({'fh' => *STDOUT});
$ent->writexml($xo);

Write an XML representation of the entity.

SEE ALSO

XML::DTD, XML::DTD::Component

AUTHOR

Brendt Wohlberg <wohl@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2004-2006 by Brendt Wohlberg

This library is available under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL), described in the GPL file included in this distribution.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Peter Lamb <Peter.Lamb@csiro.au> added fetching of external entities and improved entity substitution.