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38 package gnu.xml.dom;
40 import org.w3c.dom.CDATASection;
42 /**
43 * <p> "CDATASection" implementation.
44 * This is a non-core DOM class, supporting the "XML" feature.
45 * CDATA sections are just ways to represent text using different
46 * delimeters. </p>
48 * <p> <em>You are strongly advised not to use CDATASection nodes.</em>
49 * The advantage of having slightly prettier ways to print text that may
50 * have lots of embedded XML delimiters, such as "&amp;" and "&lt;",
51 * can be dwarfed by the cost of dealing with multiple kinds of text
52 * nodes in all your algorithms. </p>
54 * @author David Brownell
55 * @author <a href='mailto:dog@gnu.org'>Chris Burdess</a>
57 public class DomCDATA
58 extends DomText
59 implements CDATASection
62 /**
63 * Constructs a CDATA section node associated with the specified
64 * document and holding the specified data.
66 * <p>This constructor should only be invoked by a Document as part of
67 * its createCDATASection functionality, or through a subclass which is
68 * similarly used in a "Sub-DOM" style layer.
71 protected DomCDATA(DomDocument owner, String value)
73 super(CDATA_SECTION_NODE, owner, value);
76 protected DomCDATA(DomDocument owner, char buf [], int off, int len)
78 super(CDATA_SECTION_NODE, owner, buf, off, len);
81 /**
82 * <b>DOM L1</b>
83 * Returns the string "#cdata-section".
85 final public String getNodeName()
87 return "#cdata-section";