The caller must pass in a Class<? extends Attribute> value. Returns the instance of the passed in Attribute contained in this AttributeSource Signature for Java 1.5:

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public <T extends Attribute> T getAttribute(Class<T>)

Attribute. It is recommended to always use {@link #addAttribute} even in consumers of TokenStreams, because you cannot know if a specific TokenStream really uses a specific Attribute. {@link #addAttribute} will automatically make the attribute available. If you want to only use the attribute, if it is available (to optimize consuming), use {@link #hasAttribute}.

public virtual Attribute GetAttribute(
	Type attClass
)

Public Overridable Function GetAttribute ( _
	attClass As Type _
) As Attribute

public:
virtual Attribute^ GetAttribute(
	Type^ attClass
)