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/*

 * $Id: DOM_Notation.hpp 568078 2007-08-21 11:43:25Z amassari $

 */

#ifndef DOM_Notation_HEADER_GUARD_

#define DOM_Notation_HEADER_GUARD_

#include <xercesc/util/XercesDefs.hpp>

#include "DOM_Node.hpp"

XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

class NotationImpl;

/**

 * This interface represents a notation declared in the DTD. A notation either

 * declares, by name, the format of an unparsed entity (see section 4.7 of

 * the XML 1.0 specification), or is used for formal declaration of

 * Processing Instruction targets (see section 2.6 of the XML 1.0

 * specification). The <code>nodeName</code> attribute inherited from

 * <code>Node</code> is set to the declared name of the notation.

 * <p>The DOM Level 1 does not support editing <code>Notation</code> nodes;

 * they are therefore readonly.

 * <p>A <code>Notation</code> node does not have any parent.

 */

class DEPRECATED_DOM_EXPORT DOM_Notation: public DOM_Node {

public:

    /** @name Constructors and assignment operator */

    //@{

    /**

      * Default constructor for DOM_Notation.  The resulting object does not

    * refer to an actual Notation node; it will compare == to 0, and is similar

    * to a null object reference variable in Java.  It may subsequently be

    * assigned to refer to an actual Notation node.

    * <p>

    * New notation nodes are created by DOM_Document::createNotation().

    *

      *

      */

    DOM_Notation();

    /**

      * Copy constructor.  Creates a new <code>DOM_Notation</code> that refers to the

      * same underlying node as the original.  See also DOM_Node::clone(),

      * which will copy the actual notation node, rather than just creating a new

      * reference to the original node.

      *

      * @param other The object to be copied.

      */

    DOM_Notation(const DOM_Notation &other);

    /**

      * Assignment operator.

      *

      * @param other The object to be copied.

      */

    DOM_Notation & operator = (const DOM_Notation &other);

     /**

      * Assignment operator.  This overloaded variant is provided for

      *   the sole purpose of setting a DOM_Node reference variable to

      *   zero.  Nulling out a reference variable in this way will decrement

      *   the reference count on the underlying Node object that the variable

      *   formerly referenced.  This effect is normally obtained when reference

      *   variable goes out of scope, but zeroing them can be useful for

      *   global instances, or for local instances that will remain in scope

      *   for an extended time,  when the storage belonging to the underlying

      *   node needs to be reclaimed.

      *

      * @param val   Only a value of 0, or null, is allowed.

      */

    DOM_Notation & operator = (const DOM_NullPtr *val);

    //@}

    /** @name Destructor. */

    //@{

	 /**

	  * Destructor for DOM_Notation.  The object being destroyed is the reference

      * object, not the underlying Notation node itself.

      *

	  */

    ~DOM_Notation();

    //@}

    /** @name Get functions. */

    //@{

    /**

     * Get the public identifier of this notation.

     *

     * If the  public identifier was not

     * specified, this is <code>null</code>.

     * @return Returns the public identifier of the notation

     */

    DOMString        getPublicId() const;

    /**

     * Get the system identifier of this notation.

     *

     * If the  system identifier was not

     * specified, this is <code>null</code>.

     * @return Returns the system identifier of the notation

     */

    DOMString        getSystemId() const;

    //@}

protected:

    DOM_Notation(NotationImpl *impl);

    friend class DOM_Document;

};

XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_END

#endif