# File jabber4r/protocol.rb, line 1149

      def method_missing(methId, *args)

          tag = methId.id2name

          if tag[0..4]=="attr_"

            return @attributes[tag[5..-1]]

          end

          list = @element_children[tag]

          return list[0] if list

          return NilParsedXMLElement.instance

      end