code: public void addAttributes(Attributes atts) throws SAXException
      {
  
          int nAtts = atts.getLength();
  
          for (int i = 0; i < nAtts; i++)
          {
              String uri = atts.getURI(i);
  
              if (null == uri)
                  uri = "";
  
              addAttributeAlways(
                  uri,
                  atts.getLocalName(i),
                  atts.getQName(i),
                  atts.getType(i),
                  atts.getValue(i),
                  false);
  
          }
      }
docs: Add the given attributes to the currently collected ones. These
  attributes are always added, regardless of whether on not an element
  is currently open.
  @param atts List of attributes to add to this list