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How do I get or set anyAttribute values?

Setting an <anyAttribute/> value is done in the same way as setting an <any/> value, but instead of a global element a global attribute is used.

You can perform a get on data that was set in an anyAttribute field in the same manner as any other attribute value, if the name is known.

You can perform a get with the XPath "@<name>" and it will be resolved. The following example code shows this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
 xmlns:tns="http://AnyAttrOnlyMixed" 
 targetNamespace="http://AnyAttrOnly">
  <xsd:complexType name="AnyAttrOnly">
    <xsd:sequence>
      <xsd:element name="element" type="xsd:string"/>
    </xsd:sequence>
    <xsd:anyAttribute/>
  </xsd:complexType>
</xsd:schema>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
	targetNamespace="http://GlobalAttrs">
  <xsd:attribute name="globalAttribute" type="xsd:string"/>
</xsd:schema>

	DataObject dobj = ...

	// Get the global attribute Property that is going to be set 	Property globalProp = boXsdHelper.getGlobalProperty("http://GlobalAttrs", 
	"globalAttribute", false);

	// Set the value on the dobj, just like any other data 	dobj.set(globalProp, "foo");

	// The data can now be accessed by a get call
	System.out.println(dobj.get("@globalAttribute")); // Displays "foo"

If the name is unknown using the code, the values can be iterated and accessed one by one as seen in the How do I tell if my DataObject has an anyAttribute tag? topic.

Use AnyAttribute to set global attributes for complex types

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How do I get/set any values?