Interface Attribute

All Superinterfaces:
Cloneable, Node
All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractAttribute, BeanAttribute, DefaultAttribute, DOMAttribute, FlyweightAttribute, UserDataAttribute

public interface Attribute extends Node
Attribute defines an XML attribute. An attribute may have a name, an optional namespace and a value.
Version:
$Revision: 1.9 $
  • Method Details

    • getQName

      QName getQName()
      Returns the QName of this attribute which represents the local name, the qualified name and the Namespace.
      Returns:
      the QName associated with this attribute
    • getNamespace

      Namespace getNamespace()
      Returns the Namespace of this element if one exists otherwise null is returned returned.
      Returns:
      the Namespace associated with this node
    • setNamespace

      void setNamespace(Namespace namespace)
      Sets the Namespace of this element or if this element is read only then an UnsupportedOperationException is thrown.
      Parameters:
      namespace - is the Namespace to associate with this element
    • getNamespacePrefix

      String getNamespacePrefix()
      Returns the namespace prefix of this element if one exists otherwise an empty String is returned.
      Returns:
      the prefix of the Namespace of this element or an empty String
    • getNamespaceURI

      String getNamespaceURI()
      Returns the URI mapped to the namespace of this element if one exists otherwise an empty String is returned.
      Returns:
      the URI for the Namespace of this element or an empty String
    • getQualifiedName

      String getQualifiedName()
      Returns the fully qualified name of this element. This will be the same as the value returned from Node.getName() if this element has no namespace attached to this element or an expression of the form
      getNamespacePrefix() + ":" + getName()
      
      will be returned.
      Returns:
      the fully qualified name of the element
    • getValue

      String getValue()
      Returns the value of the attribute. This method returns the same value as the Node.getText()method.
      Returns:
      the value of the attribute
    • setValue

      void setValue(String value)
      Sets the value of this attribute or this method will throw an UnsupportedOperationException if it is read-only.
      Parameters:
      value - is the new value of this attribute
    • getData

      Object getData()
      Accesses the data of this attribute which may implement data typing bindings such as XML Schema or Java Bean bindings or will return the same value as Node.getText().
      Returns:
      the attribute data
    • setData

      void setData(Object data)
      Sets the data value of this attribute if this element supports data binding or calls Node.setText(String)if it doesn't.
      Parameters:
      data - the attribute data