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package org.apache.xmlbeans.xml.stream;

/**
 * An interface that contains information about an attribute
 *
 * @since Weblogic XML Input Stream 1.0
 * @version 1.0
 * @see org.apache.xmlbeans.xml.stream.XMLName
 * @see org.apache.xmlbeans.xml.stream.Attribute
 */
public interface Attribute {
  /**
   * Get the XMLName of the current attribute.
   * @see org.apache.xmlbeans.xml.stream.XMLName
   */
  public XMLName getName();

  /**
   * Get the attribute value of the current attribute.
   */
  public String getValue();

  /**
   * Get the attribute type of the current attribute
   */
  public String getType();

  /**
   * Get the attribute type of the current attribute
   */
  public XMLName getSchemaType();
}