Java Utililty Methods XML Attribute Read

List of utility methods to do XML Attribute Read

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Description

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

Method

StringgetOptionalAttribute(Element elt, String name)
get Optional Attribute 
String value = elt.getAttribute(name);
if (value.equals("")) {
    return null;
} else {
    return value;
StringgetOptionalAttributeValue(NamedNodeMap attrs, String name)
get Optional Attribute Value 
Node namedItem = attrs.getNamedItem(name);
if (namedItem == null) {
    return "";
} else {
    return namedItem.getTextContent();
StringreadAttribute(Node element, String attributeName)
read Attribute 
if (element == null)
    return null;
NamedNodeMap attributes = element.getAttributes();
if (attributes == null)
    return null;
Node value = attributes.getNamedItem(attributeName);
if (value == null)
    return null;
...
StringreadAttribute(Node node, String attribute, String defaultValue)
Reads the value of an attribute, returning the defaultValue string if not present. 
NamedNodeMap attributes = node.getAttributes();
if (null == attributes)
    return defaultValue;
Node attr = attributes.getNamedItem(attribute);
if (null == attr)
    return defaultValue;
return attr.getNodeValue();
StringreadAttributeWithPrefix(Node node, String attributePrefix, String defaultValue)
Reads the value of the first attribute which name matches with the specified attributePrefix. 
final NamedNodeMap attributes = node.getAttributes();
if (null == attributes) {
    return defaultValue;
Node attribute;
for (int a = 0; a < attributes.getLength(); a++) {
    attribute = attributes.item(a);
    if (attribute.getNodeName().startsWith(attributePrefix)) {
...
booleanreadBoolAttr(Element element, String attributeName)
read Bool Attr 
String attributeValue = element.getAttribute(attributeName);
return Boolean.parseBoolean(attributeValue);
booleanreadBooleanAttribute(Element elem, String name, boolean defaultValue)
read Boolean Attribute 
boolean back = defaultValue;
String str = elem.getAttribute(name);
if (str != null) {
    if (str.length() > 0) {
        int hash = str.hashCode();
        if ((hash == "yes".hashCode()) || (hash == "true".hashCode())) {
            back = true;
        } else {
...
booleanreadBooleanAttributeElement(final XMLStreamReader reader, final String attributeName)
Read an element which contains only a single boolean attribute. 
requireSingleAttribute(reader, attributeName);
final boolean value = Boolean.parseBoolean(reader.getAttributeValue(0));
requireNoContent(reader);
return value;
floatreadFloat(Node node, String attributeName, float def)
read Float 
try {
    return Float.parseFloat(node.getAttributes().getNamedItem(attributeName).getNodeValue());
} catch (Exception ex) {
    return def;
floatreadFloatAttribute(XMLStreamReader reader, String attributeName)
read Float Attribute 
return Float.valueOf(reader.getAttributeValue(null, attributeName));