question: private Element writeAttributeMetaData ( AttributeRole attributeRole , int sourcecol , Document document , boolean sparse ) { String tag = "attribute" ; if ( attributeRole . isSpecial ( ) ) { tag = attributeRole . getSpecialName ( ) ; } Attribute attribute = attributeRole . getAttribute ( ) ; return writeAttributeMetaData ( tag , attribute , sourcecol , document , sparse ) ; }
target:  Writes the data of this attribute in the given stream. 