code: public int getIndex (String qName)
      {
      int max = length * 5;
      for (int i = 0; i < max; i += 5) {
          if (data[i+2].equals(qName)) {
          return i / 5;
          }
      }
      return -1;
      }
docs: Look up an attribute's index by qualified (prefixed) name.
  
  @param qName The qualified name.
  @return The attribute's index, or -1 if none matches.
  @see org.xml.sax.Attributes#getIndex(java.lang.String)