1 /*
2 * Copyright 2007 Edward Kuns
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 *
16 * $Id: Attribute.java 0000 2007-01-11 00:00:00Z ekuns $
17 */
18 package org.castor.xmlctf.xmldiff.xml.nodes;
19
20
21 /**
22 * A class representing an Attribute XML node.
23 *
24 * @author <a href="mailto:edward.kuns@aspect.com">Edward Kuns</a>
25 * @version $Revision: 0000 $ $Date: 2007-01-11 00:00:00 -0600 (Thu, 11 Jan 2007) $
26 * @since Castor 1.1
27 */
28 public class Attribute extends XMLNode {
29
30 /** Serial Version UID. */
31 private static final long serialVersionUID = 2499101510478363466L;
32 /** Attribute value. */
33 private final String _value;
34
35 /**
36 * Creates a new Attribute.
37 *
38 * @param namespace the namespace URI for this node. (May be null.)
39 * @param localName the localname of this node. (Cannot be null.)
40 * @param value the String value of this attribute. (Cannot be null.)
41 */
42 public Attribute(String namespace, String localName, String value) {
43 super(namespace, localName, XMLNode.ATTRIBUTE);
44 if (localName == null || localName.length() == 0) {
45 throw new IllegalArgumentException("An Attribute localname must be non-null "
46 + "and must have a non-zero length");
47 }
48 this._value = value;
49 } // -- Attribute
50
51 /**
52 * Returns the string value of this attribute.
53 * @return The string value of this attribute.
54 */
55 public String getStringValue() {
56 return _value;
57 }
58
59 }