public static int getColumn(Attributes attrs) {
		String col = attrs.getValue(URI, COL_ATTR);
		return col != null ? Integer.parseInt(col) : -1;
	}
public static int getColumn ( Attributes attrs ) { String col = attrs . getValue ( URI , COL_ATTR ) ; return col != null ? Integer . parseInt ( col ) : - 1 ; }
Returns the column number of an element (SAX flavor)

@param attrs
the element's attributes that hold the location information
@return the element's column number or <code>-1</code> if
<code>attrs</code> has no location information.