IXMLDOMEntityReference Interface

Represents an entity reference node.

Methods

This interface has no unique methods of its own but exposes the inherited methods from the IXMLDOMNode interface.

Remarks

If the XML parser expands entity references while building the structure model, no EntityReference objects appear in the tree.

XML does not require nonvalidating processors to handle external entity declarations (those made in the external subset or declared in external parameter entities). This means that parsed entities declared in the external subset need not be expanded, and therefore the replacement value of the entity might not be available. If available, the replacement value of the referenced entity appears in the child list of the EntityReference object.

The resolution of the children of the EntityReference (the replacement value of the referenced entity) can be lazily evaluated. Actions such as calling the childNodes method are assumed to trigger the evaluation. Note that character entities are expanded by the XML parser and do not appear as entity references, but instead appear within the character text in Unicode.

Requirements

Implementation: Msxml.dll

Header and IDL files: Msxml.h, Xmldom.idl

See Also

IXMLDOMDocument Interface | IXMLDOMEntity Interface