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<dd><a href="#isGlobalScope()"><code>isGlobalScope()</code></a></dd>
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<pre class="methodSignature">public&nbsp;boolean&nbsp;isNil()</pre>
<div class="block"><p>Returns <code>true</code> iff this element instance content model
 is nil.</p>

 <p>This property always returns <code>true</code> when <a href="#getValue()"><code>getValue()</code></a> is null.
 Note that the converse i