Name

systemId: DOMString

Synopsis

The system identifier URL (URI) given for this entity, or null if none was specified.

Java binding

public String getSystemId( );

Java example

// Get the Public ID or System ID for this entity
Entity ndEnt = (Entity)doc.getDoctype( ).getEntities( ).getNamedItem("my_ entity");
     
String strURL = ndEnt.getPublicId( );
    
// if can't find the public URL
if (strURL =  = null) {
    // find the system URL
    strURL = ndEnt.getSystemId( );
}

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