Java Utililty Methods XML Attribute Get

List of utility methods to do XML Attribute Get

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Description

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

Method

StringgetAttributeValue(Element element, String name)

Retutns the value of the named attribute of the given element. 

Attr attribute = element.getAttributeNode(name);
if (attribute == null) {
    return null;
} else {
    return attribute.getValue();
StringgetAttributeValue(Element element, String name)
Get element's attribute value or null if attribute not found or empty. 
String value = element.getAttribute(name);
if (value.length() == 0) {
    value = null;
return value;
StringgetAttributeValue(Element element, String tag)
get Attribute Value 
if (element != null) {
    NamedNodeMap attributes = element.getAttributes();
    for (int index = 0; index < attributes.getLength(); index++) {
        Node an = attributes.item(index);
        if (an.getNodeName().compareTo(tag) == 0) {
            return an.getNodeValue();
return null;
StringgetAttributeValue(final Element e, final String attributeName)
Get the value of an attribute. 
if (e == null || attributeName == null) {
    return null;
return e.getAttribute(attributeName);
StringgetAttributeValue(final Element el, final String attrName)
get Attribute Value 
return getAttributeValue(el, new QName(attrName));
StringgetAttributeValue(final Element element, final String attributeName)
Get XML element's attribute value 
String attributeValue = "";
Attr attribute = element.getAttributeNode(attributeName);
if (null != attribute) {
    attributeValue = attribute.getValue();
return attributeValue;
StringgetAttributeValue(final Element element, final String name)
Returns the attribute value for the given attribute name. 
final Node node = element.getAttributes().getNamedItem(name);
if (node != null) {
    return node.getNodeValue();
return null;
StringgetAttributeValue(final Node candidate, final String attributName)
Returns the attribut value or null if attribut does not exist. 
final NamedNodeMap attributs = candidate.getAttributes();
if (attributs != null) {
    final Node attribut = attributs.getNamedItem(attributName);
    if (attribut != null) {
        return attribut.getNodeValue();
return null;
...
StringgetAttributeValue(final Node iNode, final String iAttributeName)
This method returns the value of the attribute that matches the attribute name (iAttributeName) and namepace (iNamespaceForAttr) in the node. 
String result = "";
Attr theAttribute = getAttribute(iNode, iAttributeName);
if (theAttribute != null) {
    result = theAttribute.getValue();
return result;
StringgetAttributeValue(final Node node, final String attributeName)
get Attribute Value 
final Node namedItem = node.getAttributes().getNamedItem(attributeName);
if (namedItem != null) {
    return namedItem.getNodeValue();
} else {
    return null;