XML in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Name

createAttribute: name

Synopsis

This function creates an Attr object with the given name. Attr nodes construct complex element attributes that can include EntityReference objects and text data.

Argument

name: DOMString

The name of the XML attribute.

Return value

The new Attr object.

Exception

INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR

Indicates that the name you passed to createAttribute( ) is not a valid XML name. See Chapter 2 for the XML restrictions on name construction.

Java binding

public Node adoptNode(Node source) throws DOMException;