XML by Example

if(null != attribute)

{

double price = toDouble(attribute);

if(min > price)

{

min = price;

vendor = attributes.getValue(“vendor”);

}

}

}

}

The parser uses AttributeList in the startElement event. As the name

implies, an

AttributeList encapsulates a list of attributes. It defines the

following methods:

• getLength() returns the length of the attribute list.

•

getName(i) returns the name of the ith attribute (where i is an integer).

• getType(i)/getType(name) return the type of the ith attribute or the

type of the attribute whose name is given. The first method accepts an

integer, the second a string. The type is a string, as used in the DTD:

“CDATA”, “ID”, “IDREF” ...