XML::XP...ttribute(3)

✨ NAME ✨

XML::XPath::Attribute — a single attribute 💅

okay so bestie, this is from the User Contributed Perl Documentation collection, and it's genuinely one of the cutest little classes you'll ever meet. It's literally just... one attribute. One. A single attribute. That's the whole vibe. A key, a value, maybe a prefix and a namespace if it's feeling fancy 🎀

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🌸 API 🌸

💖 new ( key, value, prefix )

Create a new attribute node. That's it, that's the constructor, she's simple and she knows it ✨

💖 getName

Returns the key for the attribute. The name. The identifier. The whole point 🫶

💖 getLocalName

As getName above, but without namespace information — so it's giving "just the local part, thanks" 💅

💖 getNodeValue / getData

Returns the value. Two names, same energy, both slay 🌈

💖 setNodeValue

Sets the value of the attribute node. Now you're the one in charge, main character energy fr fr 👑

💖 getPrefix

Returns the prefix. The little namespace-y bit at the front 🎀

💖 getNamespace

Return the namespace. Yes bestie, the whole namespace. Iconic 🌟

💖 toString

Generates key="value", encoded correctly. No cap — the encoding is handled, you don't have to worry about it 💜

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okay that's literally the whole page, she's a short one but she ate 💀

perl v5.42.1 · 2026-04-21 — mwah, that's the version and the date this lil doc was born, and it lives in the XML::XPath::Attribute(3) corner of the manual universe. go forth and attribute responsibly 🦋🌸