///
/// <summary> * searches for the first attribute occurence in the ancestor elements subelements<br>
/// * e.g. the JobPriority in NodeInfo
/// * </summary>
/// * <param name="element"> node name to look in </param>
/// * <param name="attrib"> the attribute name </param>
/// * <param name="nameSpaceURI"> the XML-namespace </param>
/// * <param name="def"> the default if it does not exist
/// * @since 200503 </param>
/// * <returns> value of attribute found, empty string if not available </returns>
///
public virtual string getAncestorElementAttribute(string element, string attrib, string nameSpaceURI, string def)
{
VElement v = getPoolChildren(null);
// the last in list is the direct parent, the first is the original root
for (int i = v.Count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
{
JDFAncestor ancestor = (JDFAncestor)v[i];
KElement e = ancestor.getElement(element, nameSpaceURI, 0);
if ((e != null) && (e.hasAttribute(attrib, nameSpaceURI, false)))
{
return(e.getAttribute(attrib, nameSpaceURI, JDFConstants.EMPTYSTRING));
}
}
return(def);
}
