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Find the attribute with the specified `qname` in the current node.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<balxml_reader.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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virtual
int
lookupAttribute(
    xref:BloombergLP/balxml/ElementAttribute.adoc[ElementAttribute]* attribute,
    char const* qname) const = 0;
----

== Description

Fill in the specified `attribute` structure. Return 0 on success, 1 if there is no attribute found with `qname`, and a negative value otherwise. The strings that were filled into the `attribute` structure are invalid upon the next `advanceToNextNode` or `close` is called.

== Return Value

0 on success, 1 if not found, and a negative value otherwise

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *attribute*
| structure to receive the attribute
| *qname*
| qualified name of the attribute to find
|===


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