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package javax.xml.stream.events;

import 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.
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Version:1.0
Since:1.6
/** * 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. * * @version 1.0 * @author Copyright (c) 2009 by Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved. * @see StartElement * @since 1.6 */
public interface Attribute extends XMLEvent {
Returns the QName for this attribute.
Returns:the QName of the attribute
/** * Returns the QName for this attribute. * @return the QName of the attribute */
QName getName();
Gets the normalized value of this attribute.
Returns:the normalized value of the attribute
/** * Gets the normalized value of this attribute. * @return the normalized value of the attribute */
public String getValue();
Gets the type of this attribute, default is the String "CDATA".
Returns:the type as a String, default is "CDATA"
/** * Gets the type of this attribute, default is * the String "CDATA". * @return the type as a String, default is "CDATA" */
public String getDTDType();
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
/** * A flag indicating whether this attribute was actually * specified in the start-tag of its element, or was defaulted from the schema. * @return returns true if this was specified in the start element */
public boolean isSpecified(); }