Method: REXML::Attributes#get_attribute_ns

Defined in:
lib/rexml/element.rb

#get_attribute_ns(namespace, name) ⇒ Object

:call-seq:

get_attribute_ns(namespace, name)

Returns the REXML::Attribute object among the attributes that matches the given namespace and name:

xml_string = "  <root xmlns:foo=\"http://foo\" xmlns:bar=\"http://bar\">\n     <ele foo:att='1' bar:att='2' att='&lt;'/>\n  </root>\n"
d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string)
ele = d.root.elements['//ele'] # => <a foo:att='1' bar:att='2' att='&lt;'/>
attrs = ele.attributes
attrs.get_attribute_ns('http://foo', 'att')    # => foo:att='1'
attrs.get_attribute_ns('http://foo', 'nosuch') # => nil



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# File 'lib/rexml/element.rb', line 2564

def get_attribute_ns(namespace, name)
  result = nil
  each_attribute() { |attribute|
    if name == attribute.name &&
      namespace == attribute.namespace() &&
      ( !namespace.empty? || !attribute.fully_expanded_name.index(':') )
      # foo will match xmlns:foo, but only if foo isn't also an attribute
      result = attribute if !result or !namespace.empty? or
                            !attribute.fully_expanded_name.index(':')
    end
  }
  result
end