# com.bea.ide.control
ControlAttribute Interface

public interface ControlAttribute
extends `ControlBehaviorContext`

All Superinterfaces
  `ControlBehaviorContext`, `EditorContext`

## Method Summary

`public `String`` | `getValue`() Returns the contents of the attribute.

Methods from interface `com.bea.ide.control.`ControlBehaviorContext``
``getName`, `getParent`, `getTags``

Methods from interface `com.bea.ide.control.`EditorContext``
``ensureServerRunning`, `getComponentsDir`, `getLogPrintStream`, `getMBeanHome`, `getProjectDir`, `invokeBrowser``

## Method Detail

### getValue() Method

    public String getValue()

Returns the contents of the attribute. This will be null if the attribute doesn't exist in the user's code (for example, it's in the annotation XML but not yet specified).