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Find the attribute at the specified `index` in the current node, and fill in the specified `attribute` structure. Return 0 on success, 1 if no attribute is found at the `index`, and an a negative value otherwise. The strings that were filled into the `attribute` structure are invalid upon the next `advanceToNextNode` or `close` is called.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<balxml_reader.h>`

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virtual
int
lookupAttribute(
    xref:BloombergLP/balxml/ElementAttribute.adoc[ElementAttribute]* attribute,
    int index) const = 0;
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