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// $Id: Text.scala 17988 2009-06-03 12:31:59Z extempore $


package scala.xml


/** The class <code>Text</code> implements an XML node for text (PCDATA).
 *  It is used in both non-bound and bound XML representations.
 *
 *  @author Burak Emir
 *
 *  @param text the text contained in this node, may not be null.
 */
case class Text(_data: String) extends Atom[String](_data)
{
  if (null == data)
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("tried to construct Text with null")

  final override def equals(x: Any) = x match {
    case s:String  => s == data
    case s:Text    => data == s.data
    case s:Atom[_] => data == s.data
    case _ => false
  }

  /** Returns text, with some characters escaped according to the XML
   *  specification.
   *
   *  @param  sb ...
   *  @return ... 
   */
  override def buildString(sb: StringBuilder) =
    Utility.escape(data, sb)

}