Java Utililty Methods XML Attribute from Element

List of utility methods to do XML Attribute from Element

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The list of methods to do XML Attribute from Element are organized into topic(s).

Method

ElementgetElement(Element root, String tagName, String attrName, String attrValue)
get Element 
if (root.getTagName().equals(tagName)) {
    if (attrName == null) {
        return (root);
    if (root.getAttribute(attrName).equals(attrValue)) {
        return (root);
NodeList list = root.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    Element el = (Element) list.item(i);
    if (attrName == null) {
        return (el);
    if (el.getAttribute(attrName).equals(attrValue)) {
        return (el);
return (null);
int[]getElementArrayInt(Element root, String name, String attrib)
Takes a number of tags of name 'name' that are children of 'root', and looks for attributes of 'attrib' on them. 
if (root == null)
    return null;
NodeList nl = root.getChildNodes();
LinkedList elementCache = new LinkedList();
int size = nl.getLength();
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
    Node node = nl.item(i);
    if (!(node instanceof Element))
...
String[]getElementArrayString(Element root, String name, String attrib)
Takes a number of tags of name 'name' that are children of 'root', and looks for attributes of 'attrib' on them. 
if (root == null)
    return null;
NodeList nl = root.getChildNodes();
LinkedList elementCache = new LinkedList();
int size = nl.getLength();
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
    Node node = nl.item(i);
    if (!(node instanceof Element))
...
StringgetElementAttr(Element element, String attr)
Get the value of the attribute of the element 
return element.getAttribute(attr);
StringgetElementAttribute(Element element, String name)
get Element Attribute 
String text = element.getAttribute(name);
if (text != null) {
    text = text.trim();
    if (text.length() > 0) {
        return text;
return null;
...
StringgetElementAttribute(Element root, String elementName, String attribute)
get Element Attribute 
NodeList list = root.getElementsByTagName(elementName);
if (list.getLength() == 0) {
    return null;
return ((Element) list.item(0)).getAttribute(attribute);
StringgetElementAttribute(Element root, String elemName, String att)
get the value of an Attribute in the Xml Document. 
NodeList nl = root.getElementsByTagName(elemName);
if (null == nl) {
    return (null);
Node n = nl.item(0);
if (null == n) {
    return (null);
NamedNodeMap attributes = n.getAttributes();
if (null == attributes) {
    return (null);
n = attributes.getNamedItem(att);
if (null == n) {
    return (null);
return (n.getNodeValue().trim());
StringgetElementAttributes(Element element, List exclude)
get Element Attributes 
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
if (element != null) {
    NamedNodeMap attributes = element.getAttributes();
    if (attributes != null) {
        for (int i = 0; i < attributes.getLength(); i++) {
            Attr attr = (Attr) attributes.item(i);
            if (!exclude.contains(attr.getNodeName())) {
                buffer.append(attr.getNodeName() + "=");
...
StringgetElementAttributeValue(Element element, String attributeName)
get Element Attribute Value 
return element == null ? null : element.getAttribute(attributeName);
booleangetElementBooleanValue(Element element, String attribute)
get Element Boolean Value 
return getElementBooleanValue(element, attribute, false);