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

StringgetAttributeValueAsString(Node node)
Gets the attribute value as string. 
if (node != null) {
    return node.getNodeValue();
return null;
booleangetAttributeValueBoolean(Node node, String attrName)
Returns boolean value of the named attribute of the node. 
String value = getAttributeValue(node, attrName);
return "true".equalsIgnoreCase(value) || "1".equals(value);
StringgetAttributeValueByName(NamedNodeMap nnm, String name)
Searches throgh the passed NamedNodeMap for an attribute and returns it if it is found. 
if (nnm == null)
    return null;
for (int i = 0; i < nnm.getLength(); i++) {
    Attr attr = (Attr) nnm.item(i);
    if (attr.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
        return attr.getValue();
return null;
StringgetAttributeValueByName(NamedNodeMap nnm, String name)
Searches throgh the passed NamedNodeMap for an attribute and returns it if it is found. 
for (int i = 0; i < nnm.getLength(); i++) {
    Attr attr = (Attr) nnm.item(i);
    if (attr.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
        return attr.getValue();
return null;
StringgetAttributeValueByName(Node node, String name)
Returns the attribute value for the passed name in the passed node. 
return getAttributeValueByName(node.getAttributes(), name);
StringgetAttributeValueByName(Node node, String name)
Returns the attribute value for the passed name in the passed node. 
return getAttributeValueByName(node.getAttributes(), name);
StringgetAttributeValueEmptyNull(Element e, String attributeName)
This function is much like getAttribute, but returns null, not "", for a nonexistent attribute. 
Attr node = e.getAttributeNode(attributeName);
if (node == null) {
    return null;
return node.getValue();
StringgetAttributeValueIgnoreCase(Element element, String attributeName)
Gets the value of DOM attribute of element with the given name It returns the first attribute value that matches the name, regardless the case. 
Attr a = getAttributeIgnoreCase(element, attributeName);
if (a != null) {
    a.getValue();
return null;
StringgetAttributeValueNS(@Nonnull final Element aElement, @Nullable final String sNamespaceURI, @Nonnull final String sAttrName, @Nullable final String sDefault)
The latest version of XercesJ 2.9 returns an empty string for non existing attributes. 
final Attr aAttr = aElement.getAttributeNodeNS(sNamespaceURI, sAttrName);
return aAttr == null ? sDefault : aAttr.getValue();
StringgetAttributeValueNS(Element element, String namespace, String attrName)
Get attribute value. 
String attrValue = null;
Attr attr = null;
if ((attr = element.getAttributeNodeNS(namespace, attrName)) != null) {
    attrValue = attr.getValue().trim();
return attrValue;