NAME

       HTMLDocument::getAttribute - Gets an attribute value from a HTML element

SYNOPSIS

       Maybe<String> getAttribute( ElementTree element, String name )

ARGUMENTS

       element The HTML element

       name The attribute name

DESCRIPTION

       Gets an attribute value from a HTML element, or nothing if the attribute is not set.

    case getAttribute(el,"class") of {
        nothing -> setClass(el,"recentchange");
        | just(c) -> setClass(el,c+" recentchange");
    }

AUTHORS

       Kaya  standard  library  by  Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For
       further information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

       The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
       the  terms  of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as
       published by the Free Software Foundation.

RELATED

       HTMLDocument.setAttribute (3kaya)