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package org.apache.abdera.model;

import javax.xml.namespace.QName;

import org.apache.abdera.factory.Factory;

/**
 * An attribute. Returned by the Abdera XPath implementation
 * when querying for Attribute nodes.
 */
public interface Attribute {

  /**
   * Get the QName of the attribute
   * 
   * @return The attribute QName
   */
  QName getQName();
  
  /**
   * Return the text value of the attribute
   * 
   * @return The attribute value
   */
  String getText();
  
  /**
   * Set the text value of the attribute. The value will be automatically 
   * escaped for proper serialization to XML
   * 
   * @param text The attribute value
   */
  Attribute setText(String text);
  
  /**
   * The Abdera Factory
   */
  Factory getFactory();
  
}