Java XML Attribute Get getAttributeValue(final Node node, final String name)

Description

Returns the value of a named attribute of a given node.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
node	an element node
name	the name of an attribute

Return

the attributes value or null if the attribute doesn't exist.

Declaration

public static String getAttributeValue(final Node node,
        final String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  www . j a  v a  2s  .co m*/
 This file is part of the xframe software package
 hosted at http://xframe.sourceforge.net

 Copyright (c) 2003 Kurt Riede.

 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 Lesser General Public License for more details.

 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 */

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the value of a named attribute of a given node.
     *
     * @param node an element node
     * @param name the name of an attribute
     * @return the attributes value or <code>null</code> if the attribute doesn't exist.
     */
    public static String getAttributeValue(final Node node,
            final String name) {
        try {
            return node.getAttributes().getNamedItem(name).getNodeValue();
        } catch (NullPointerException e) {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

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