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RE: [XOM-interest] Element.add()

From: Remko Popma <remko.popma AT azzurri.jp>
To: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu>, Michael McEniry <mmceniry AT itsc.uah.edu>, XOM-interest <XOM-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: RE: [XOM-interest] Element.add()
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 03:42:03 +0900 (JST)

--- Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu> wrote:

> >Why does Element have both "Attribute getAttribute(String name)"
> >and "String readAttribute(String name)"?
> >
>
> The former returns an Attribute object. The latter returns an
> attribute value. Originally, I just used getAttribute().getValue()
> but that's asking for NullPointerExceptions.
>
> This is the second or third time I've had to answer this question, so
> maybe "readAttribute" is not the best name. Should it just be
> "getAttributeValue()" perhaps? Longer to type, but maybe more obvious.
> --

"getAttributeValue()" is what I would expect.

Remko

RE: [XOM-interest] Element.add(), Michael McEniry, 09/19/2002
- RE: [XOM-interest] Element.add(), Elliotte Rusty Harold, 09/19/2002
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- Re: [XOM-interest] Element.add(), Remko Popma, 09/19/2002
- RE: [XOM-interest] Element.add(), Remko Popma, 09/19/2002