def set_visa_attribute(self, name, state):
        """Sets the state of an attribute.

        :param name: Attribute for which the state is to be modified. (Attributes.*)
        :param state: The state of the attribute to be set for the specified object.
        :return: return value of the library call.
        :rtype: :class:`pyvisa.constants.StatusCode`
        """
        return self.visalib.set_attribute(self.session, name, state)