def setAttributeType(self, namespaceURI, localName):
self.logger.debug('<STR_LIT>', namespaceURI, localName)<EOL>value = localName<EOL>if namespaceURI:<EOL><INDENT>value = '<STR_LIT>' %(self.getPrefix(namespaceURI),localName)<EOL><DEDENT>xsi_prefix = self.getPrefix(self._xsi_nsuri)<EOL>self._setAttributeNS(self._xsi_nsuri, '<STR_LIT>' %xsi_prefix, value)<EOL>
set xsi:type
        Keyword arguments:
            namespaceURI -- namespace of attribute value
            localName -- name of new attribute value