Scala example source code file (EntityRef.scala)

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entity, entity, entityref, entityref, specialnode, specialnode, string, stringbuilder, stringbuilder

The Scala EntityRef.scala source code

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package scala.xml



/** The class <code>EntityRef implements an XML node for entity
 *  references.
 *
 * @author  Burak Emir
 * @version 1.0
 * @param   text the text contained in this node.
 */
case class EntityRef(entityName: String) extends SpecialNode {
  final override def doCollectNamespaces = false
  final override def doTransform         = false
  def label = "#ENTITY"

  override def text = entityName match {
    case "lt"   => "<"
    case "gt"   => ">"
    case "amp"  => "&"
    case "apos" => "'"
    case "quot" => "\""
    case _      => Utility.sbToString(buildString)
  }

  /** Appends "& entityName;" to this string buffer.
   *
   *  @param  sb the string buffer.
   *  @return the modified string buffer <code>sb.
   */
  override def buildString(sb: StringBuilder) = 
    sb.append("&").append(entityName).append(";")

}