*                 parsed from a java.io.Reader).
     * @param augs     Additional information that may include infoset augmentations
     *
     * @exception XNIException Thrown by handler to signal an error.
     */
    public void startGeneralEntity(
        String name,
        XMLResourceIdentifier identifier,
        String encoding,
        Augmentations augs)
        throws XNIException {

        // REVISIT: what should happen if normalize_data_ is on??
        fEntityRef = true;
        // call handlers
        if (fDocumentHandler != null) {
            fDocumentHandler.startGeneralEntity(name, identifier, encoding, augs);
        }

    }