XML in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Name

removeAttribute: name

Synopsis

Removes the named attribute from this element’s attributes collection. If the attribute to be removed has a default value declared in the DTD, subsequent attempts to retrieve the attribute value return the default value.

Argument

name: DOMString

Name of the attribute to remove.

Exception

NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR

Raised if the element is read-only.

Java binding

public void removeAttribute(String name) throws DOMException;

Java example

// Remove the unique ID
...
elem.removeAttribute("id");
...