[jdom-interest] Re: setAttribute???

[Mike Jennings]

I like it.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Churchville" <dmc at chimerasoft.com>
To: <jdom-interest at jdom.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 4:02 PM
Subject: [jdom-interest] Re: setAttribute???


> Is there any reason why JDOM doesn't have a setAttribute( String name,
> String value) method?
>
> addAttribute is fine when constructing new documents from scratch, but
> if you are reading a document and want to modify a value, you currently
> have to say "getAttribute, if not null, then set the Attribute value.
> If null, call addAttribute".
>
> Admittedly, its not that hard, but setAttribute that would set the value
> of the "Attribute" object if it exists, else create one and set it,
> would be nice to have, and consistent with "setText" on Element.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> --Dave
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