Name
Element.hasAttribute( ) — determine whether this element has a specified attribute
Availability
DOM Level 2 Core
Synopsis
boolean hasAttribute(String name
);
Arguments
-
name
The name of the desired attribute.
Returns
true
if this element has a specified or default
value for the named attribute, and false
otherwise.
Description
This method determines whether an element has an attribute with the
specified name, but does not return the value of that attribute. Note
that hasAttribute( )
returns
true
if the named attribute is explicitly
specified in the document and also if the named attribute has a
default value specified by the document type.
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