code: public String getAttribute(String rawName)
    {
  
      AVT avt = getLiteralResultAttribute(rawName);
  
      if ((null != avt))
      {
        return avt.getSimpleString();
      }
  
      return EMPTYSTRING;
    }
docs: Return the raw value of the attribute.
  
  @param namespaceURI:localName or localName if the namespaceURI is null of
  the attribute to get
  
  @return The Attr value as a string, or the empty string if that attribute
  does not have a specified or default value