The javax.servlet.jsp.tagext Package - Developing Java Servlets - page 525

The getAttribute() Method
public java.lang.Object getAttribute(java.lang.String name)

This method returns the passed-in name's value. getAttribute() throws no exceptions.

It takes one parameter:

• java.lang.String

It returns this value:

• java.lang.Object

The getAttributeString() Method
public java.lang.String getAttributeString(java.lang.String name)

This method returns the value of an attribute as a java.lang.String . getAttributeString()
throws no exceptions.

It takes one parameter:

• java.lang.String

It returns this value:

• java.lang.String

Th getId() Method
public java.lang.String getId()

This method returns the value of the id attribute or null. getID() has no parameters and
throws no exceptions.

E

It returns this value:

• java.lang.String

The setAttribute() Method
public void setAttribute(java.lang.String name,
java.lang.Object value)

This method sets the value of an attribute/value pair. setAttribute() returns no value and
throws no exceptions.

It takes two parameters:

• java.lang.String
• java.lang.Object