All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Node

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAttribute, BeanAttribute, DatatypeAttribute, 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.

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface org.dom4j.Node
  ANY_NODE, ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, MAX_NODE_TYPE, NAMESPACE_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE, UNKNOWN_NODE

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`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()`.
`Namespace`	`getNamespace()`	Returns the `Namespace` of this element if one exists otherwise null is returned returned.
`String`	`getNamespacePrefix()`	Returns the namespace prefix of this element if one exists otherwise an empty `String` is returned.
`String`	`getNamespaceURI()`	Returns the URI mapped to the namespace of this element if one exists otherwise an empty `String` is returned.
`QName`	`getQName()`	Returns the `QName` of this attribute which represents the local name, the qualified name and the `Namespace`.
`String`	`getQualifiedName()`	Returns the fully qualified name of this element.
`String`	`getValue()`	Returns the value of the attribute.
`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.
`void`	`setNamespace(Namespace namespace)`	Sets the `Namespace` of this element or if this element is read only then an `UnsupportedOperationException` is thrown.
`void`	`setValue(String value)`	Sets the value of this attribute or this method will throw an `UnsupportedOperationException` if it is read-only.

Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Node
accept, asXML, asXPathResult, clone, createXPath, detach, getDocument, getName, getNodeType, getNodeTypeName, getParent, getPath, getPath, getStringValue, getText, getUniquePath, getUniquePath, hasContent, isReadOnly, matches, numberValueOf, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectNodes, selectObject, selectSingleNode, setDocument, setName, setParent, setText, supportsParent, valueOf, write

- Method Detail
  - 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
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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
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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

Interface Attribute

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.dom4j.Node

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface org.dom4j.Node

Method Detail

getQName

getNamespace

setNamespace

getNamespacePrefix

getNamespaceURI

getQualifiedName

getValue

setValue

getData

setData