If you are using the native DOM classes, the function setCreateEntityReferenceNodes controls how ENTITIES APPEAR in the DOM tree. When setCreateEntityReferenceNodes is set to true (the default), an occurrence of an entity reference in the XML document will be represented by a subtree with an EntityReference node at the root whose children represent the entity EXPANSION. Entity expansion will be a DOM tree representing the STRUCTURE of the entity expansion, not a text node containing the entity expansion as text.

If setCreateEntityReferenceNodes is false, an entity reference in the XML document is represented by only the nodes that represent the entity expansion. The DOM tree will not contain any entityReference nodes.

If you are using the native DOM classes, the function setCreateEntityReferenceNodes controls how entities appear in the DOM tree. When setCreateEntityReferenceNodes is set to true (the default), an occurrence of an entity reference in the XML document will be represented by a subtree with an EntityReference node at the root whose children represent the entity expansion. Entity expansion will be a DOM tree representing the structure of the entity expansion, not a text node containing the entity expansion as text.

If setCreateEntityReferenceNodes is false, an entity reference in the XML document is represented by only the nodes that represent the entity expansion. The DOM tree will not contain any entityReference nodes.