The Attribute Class
The Attribute class, shown in Example 15.10, represents an attribute of an element other than one that declares a namespace. Each attribute has these five basic properties:
Local Name
A String accessible through the setName() and getName() methods.
Namespace
A Namespace object that encapsulates both the namespace URI and the prefix. This is accessible through the setNamespace() and getNamespace() methods. For all unprefixed attributes, this is Namespace.NO_NAMESPACE. The prefix, URI, and fully qualified name are separately readable through the getNamespaceURI(), getNamespacePrefix(), and getQualifiedName() convenience methods.
Value
A String that contains the attribute's normalized value. This is accessible through the getValue() ...
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