javax.xml.stream.events

public Interface Attribute

Known Direct Subinterfaces: javax.xml.stream.events.Namespace
Known Direct Implementers: com.sun.xml.internal.stream.events.AttributeImpl
Imports: javax.xml.namespace.QName

An interface that contains information about an attribute. Attributes are reported as a set of events accessible from a StartElement. Other applications may report Attributes as first-order events, for example as the results of an XPath expression.

Author: Copyright (c) 2009 by Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Since: 1.6
Version: 1.0
See Also: StartElement

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public String	Returns: the type as a String, default is "CDATA" getDTDType() Gets the type of this attribute, default is the String "CDATA".
public QName	Returns: the QName of the attribute getName() Returns the QName for this attribute.
public String	Returns: the normalized value of the attribute getValue() Gets the normalized value of this attribute.
public boolean	Returns: returns true if this was specified in the start element isSpecified() A flag indicating whether this attribute was actually specified in the start-tag of its element, or was defaulted from the schema.

Inherited from javax.xml.stream.events.XMLEvent:: asCharacters asEndElement asStartElement getEventType getLocation getSchemaType isAttribute isCharacters isEndDocument isEndElement isEntityReference isNamespace isProcessingInstruction isStartDocument isStartElement writeAsEncodedUnicode

Method Detail

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public String getDTDType() Gets the type of this attribute, default is the String "CDATA". Returns:String the type as a String, default is "CDATA"

getDTDType

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public String getDTDType()

Gets the type of this attribute, default is the String "CDATA".

Returns:String: the type as a String, default is "CDATA"

getName	back to summary
public QName getName() Returns the QName for this attribute. Returns:QName the QName of the attribute

getName

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public QName getName()

Returns the QName for this attribute.

Returns:QName: the QName of the attribute

getValue	back to summary
public String getValue() Gets the normalized value of this attribute. Returns:String the normalized value of the attribute

getValue

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public String getValue()

Gets the normalized value of this attribute.

Returns:String: the normalized value of the attribute

isSpecified	back to summary
public boolean isSpecified() A flag indicating whether this attribute was actually specified in the start-tag of its element, or was defaulted from the schema. Returns:boolean returns true if this was specified in the start element

isSpecified

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public boolean isSpecified()

A flag indicating whether this attribute was actually specified in the start-tag of its element, or was defaulted from the schema.

Returns:boolean: returns true if this was specified in the start element