Interface Attribute
- All Superinterfaces:
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XMLEvent,XMLStreamConstants
- All Known Subinterfaces:
Namespace
public interface Attribute extends XMLEvent
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.
- Since:
- 1.6
- See Also:
Field Summary
Fields declared in interface javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamConstants
ATTRIBUTE, CDATA, CHARACTERS, COMMENT, DTD, END_DOCUMENT, END_ELEMENT, ENTITY_DECLARATION, ENTITY_REFERENCE, NAMESPACE, NOTATION_DECLARATION, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, SPACE, START_DOCUMENT, START_ELEMENT
Method Summary
| Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
|---|---|---|
String |
getDTDType() |
Gets the type of this attribute, default is the String "CDATA". |
QName |
getName() |
Returns the QName for this attribute. |
String |
getValue() |
Gets the normalized value of this attribute. |
boolean |
isSpecified() |
A flag indicating whether this attribute was actually specified in the start-tag of its element, or was defaulted from the schema. |
Methods declared in interface javax.xml.stream.events.XMLEvent
asCharacters, asEndElement, asStartElement, getEventType, getLocation, getSchemaType, isAttribute, isCharacters, isEndDocument, isEndElement, isEntityReference, isNamespace, isProcessingInstruction, isStartDocument, isStartElement, writeAsEncodedUnicode
Method Details
getName
QName getName()
Returns the QName for this attribute.
- Returns:
- the QName of the attribute
getValue
String getValue()
Gets the normalized value of this attribute.
- Returns:
- the normalized value of the attribute
getDTDType
String getDTDType()
Gets the type of this attribute, default is the String "CDATA".
- Returns:
- the type as a String, default is "CDATA"
isSpecified
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:
- returns true if this was specified in the start element
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