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 *
 * This software is open source.
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package org.dom4j.tree;

import org.dom4j.Namespace;
import org.dom4j.QName;

/**
 * <p>
 * <code>FlyweightAttribute</code> is a Flyweight pattern implementation of a
 * singly linked, read-only XML Attribute.
 * </p>
 * 
 * <p>
 * This node could be shared across documents and elements though it does not
 * support the parent relationship.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan </a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.7 $
 */
public class FlyweightAttribute extends AbstractAttribute {
    /** The <code>QName</code> for this element */
    private QName qname;

    /** The value of the <code>Attribute</code> */
    protected String value;

    public FlyweightAttribute(QName qname) {
        this.qname = qname;
    }

    public FlyweightAttribute(QName qname, String value) {
        this.qname = qname;
        this.value = value;
    }

    /**
     * Creates the <code>Attribute</code> with the specified local name and
     * value.
     * 
     * @param name
     *            is the name of the attribute
     * @param value
     *            is the value of the attribute
     */
    public FlyweightAttribute(String name, String value) {
        this.qname = getDocumentFactory().createQName(name);
        this.value = value;
    }

    /**
     * Creates the <code>Attribute</code> with the specified local name, value
     * and <code>Namespace</code>.
     * 
     * @param name
     *            is the name of the attribute
     * @param value
     *            is the value of the attribute
     * @param namespace
     *            is the namespace of the attribute
     */
    public FlyweightAttribute(String name, String value, Namespace namespace) {
        this.qname = getDocumentFactory().createQName(name, namespace);
        this.value = value;
    }

    public String getValue() {
        return value;
    }

    public QName getQName() {
        return qname;
    }
}

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