Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static String getFirstElementAttr(Element parent, String tag, String attr) { NodeList nl = parent.getElementsByTagName(tag); if (nl.getLength() > 0) { return ((Element) nl.item(0)).getAttribute(attr); } return null; } }