not the factory is configured to produce
 parsers which ignores comments.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>true if the factory is configured to produce parsers
          which ignores comments; false otherwise.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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isCoalescing</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>isCoalescing</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Indicates whether or not the factory is configured to produce
 parsers which converts CDATA nodes to Text nodes and appends it to
 the adjacent (if any) Text node