/*
* Copyright 2007 Edward Kuns
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*
* $Id: Attribute.java 0000 2007-01-11 00:00:00Z ekuns $
*/
package org.castor.xmlctf.xmldiff.xml.nodes;
/**
* A class representing an Attribute XML node.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:edward.kuns@aspect.com">Edward Kuns</a>
* @version $Revision: 0000 $ $Date: 2007-01-11 00:00:00 -0600 (Thu, 11 Jan 2007) $
* @since Castor 1.1
*/
public class Attribute extends XMLNode {
/** Serial Version UID. */
private static final long serialVersionUID = 2499101510478363466L;
/** Attribute value. */
private final String _value;
/**
* Creates a new Attribute.
*
* @param namespace the namespace URI for this node. (May be null.)
* @param localName the localname of this node. (Cannot be null.)
* @param value the String value of this attribute. (Cannot be null.)
*/
public Attribute(String namespace, String localName, String value) {
super(namespace, localName, XMLNode.ATTRIBUTE);
if (localName == null || localName.length() == 0) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("An Attribute localname must be non-null "
+ "and must have a non-zero length");
}
this._value = value;
} // -- Attribute
/**
* Returns the string value of this attribute.
* @return The string value of this attribute.
*/
public String getStringValue() {
return _value;
}
}