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  package mf.org.apache.xerces.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.
   *
   * @author Elena Litani, IBM
   * @version $Id: EntityState.java 446719 2006-09-15 20:32:39Z mrglavas $
   * @xerces.internal
   */
  public interface EntityState {
      /**
       * Query method to check if entity with this name was declared.
       *
       * @param name
       * @return true if name is a declared entity
       */
      boolean isEntityDeclared(String name);
  
      /**
       * Query method to check if entity is unparsed.
       *
       * @param name
       * @return true if name is an unparsed entity
       */
      boolean isEntityUnparsed(String name);
  }
  