The type of an XML attribute for element from the DTD

This examines the definition of the attribute, usually returned by parsing the DTD with parseDTD and determines its type from the possible values: Fixed, string data, implied, required, an identifier, an identifier reference, a list of identifier references, an entity, a list of entities, a name, a list of names, an element of enumerated set, a notation entity.

xmlAttributeType(def, defaultType=FALSE)

Arguments

def

the attribute definition object, usually retrieved from the DTD via parseDTD.

defaultType

whether to return the default value if this attribute is defined as being a value from an enumerated set.

Value

A string identifying the type for the sspecified attributed.

Author

Duncan Temple Lang

See also

parseDTD