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+/*                     __                                               *\
+**     ________ ___   / /  ___     Scala API                            **
+**    / __/ __// _ | / /  / _ |    (c) 2003-2004, LAMP/EPFL             **
+**  __\ \/ /__/ __ |/ /__/ __ |                                         **
+** /____/\___/_/ |_/____/_/ | |                                         **
+**                          |/                                          **
+** $Id$
+\*                                                                      */
+
+package scala.xml;
+
+/** a special XML node is either text (PCDATA), a comment, a PI, or
+ *  an entity ref
+**/
+abstract class SpecialNode extends Node {
+
+  /** always Node.EmptyNamespace */
+  final def namespace = Node.EmptyNamespace;
+
+ /** always empty */
+  final def attribute = Node.NoAttributes;
+
+  /** always empty */
+  final def child = Nil;
+
+}