Module java.xml

Interface Attribute

  • All Superinterfaces:
    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:
    StartElement
    • Method Detail

      • getName

        QName getName()
        Returns the QName for this attribute
      • getValue

        String getValue()
        Gets the normalized value of this 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