xml.StaxReader.findAttributeValue

Returns the value of an XML attribute of a given name and/or namespace.

Syntax

findAttributeValue(
   name STRING,
   ns STRING )
  RETURNS STRING
  1. name defines the name of the attribute to retrieve. It cannot be NULL.
  2. ns defines the namespace URI of the attribute to retrieve, or NULL if the attribute is not namespace-qualified.

Usage

This method returns the value of an XML attribute of a given name and/or namespace on the current XML node, where name is the name of the attribute and ns is the namespace or is NULL if not namespace-qualified.

This method is only valid on a START_ELEMENT node.

In case of error, the method throws an exception and sets the STATUS variable. Depending on the error, a human-readable description of the problem is available in the SQLCA.SQLERRM register. See Error handling in GWS calls (STATUS).