    # File lib/chef/mixin/language_include_attribute.rb, line 30
          def include_attribute(*fully_qualified_attribute_short_filenames)
            if self.kind_of?(Chef::Node)
              node = self
            else
              node = @node
            end

            fully_qualified_attribute_short_filenames.flatten.each do |fully_qualified_attribute_short_filename|
              if node.run_state[:seen_attributes].has_key?(fully_qualified_attribute_short_filename)
                Chef::Log.debug("I am not loading attribute file #{fully_qualified_attribute_short_filename}, because I have already seen it.")
                next
              end

              Chef::Log.debug("Loading Attribute #{fully_qualified_attribute_short_filename}")
              node.run_state[:seen_attributes][fully_qualified_attribute_short_filename] = true

              if amatch = fully_qualified_attribute_short_filename.match(/(.+?)::(.+)/)
                cookbook_name = amatch[1].to_sym
                node.load_attribute_by_short_filename(amatch[2], cookbook_name)
              else
                cookbook_name = fully_qualified_attribute_short_filename.to_sym
                node.load_attribute_by_short_filename("default", cookbook_name)
              end
            end
            true
          end