public String eatAttribute(int idx) throws SAXException {
AttributesImpl a = attStack[stackTop];
String value = a.getValue(idx);
// mark the attribute as consumed
a.removeAttribute(idx);
return value;
}
public void consumeAttribute(int idx) throws SAXException {
AttributesImpl a = attStack[stackTop];
String uri = a.getURI(idx);
String local = a.getLocalName(idx);
String qname = a.getQName(idx);
String value = a.getValue(idx);
// mark the attribute as consumed
// we need to remove the attribute before we process it
// because the event handler might access attributes.
a.removeAttribute(idx);
getCurrentHandler().enterAttribute(uri, local, qname);
consumeText(value, false);
getCurrentHandler().leaveAttribute(uri, local, qname);
}