XML valueless parameters?

[lbrtchx]

I was wondering what the method getValue(int) of SAX2 Attributes
returns if the parameter is just flag, something like:
~
<par conf="0" do />
~
instead of
~
<par conf="0" do="true|false" />
~
this is what the method def. says:
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http://java.sun.com/webservices/docs/1.6/api/org/xml/sax/Attributes.html#getValue(int)
Look up an attribute's value by index.
If the attribute value is a list of tokens (IDREFS, ENTITIES, or
NMTOKENS), the tokens will be concatenated into a single string with
each token separated by a single space.
Parameters: index - The attribute index (zero-based).
Returns: The attribute's value as a string, or null if the index is
out of range.
~
Thanks
lbrtchx

 

[Lew]

I was wondering what the method getValue(int) of SAX2 Attributes
returns if the parameter is just flag, something like:
~
<par conf="0" do />

This is not well-formed XML and should be rejected outright by the parser.
<http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-starttags>
<http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#dt-attr>

 

[Mike Schilling]

This is not well-formed XML and should be rejected outright by the
parser. <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-starttags>
<http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#dt-attr>

What Lew said. The closest you can come that's well-formed is

<par config="" />

Which returns an empty string, not null, in case there was any question.

 

[Andrew Thompson]

This is not well-formed XML ..

You can check the well-formedness of your XML in the XMLWFC.
<http://pscode.org/xml/xmltools.html#xmlwfc>