Java XML Attribute Read getOptionalAttribute(Element elt, String name)

Description

get Optional Attribute

License

Open Source License

Declaration

static String getOptionalAttribute(Element elt, String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/** SceneBeans, a Java API for animated 2D graphics.
 *  /*  ww w .j  a v a 2s.c o m*/
 *  Copyright (C) 2000 Nat Pryce and Imperial College
 *  
 *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 *  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 *  of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *  
 *  This program 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 General Public License for more details.
 *  
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307,
 *  USA.
 *  
 */

import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    static String getOptionalAttribute(Element elt, String name) {
        String value = elt.getAttribute(name);
        if (value.equals("")) {
            return null;
        } else {
            return value;
        }
    }
}

Related

1. getNamedAttribute(final Node aNode, final String attributeName)
2. getNewAttribute(Element element, String name)
3. getNSPrefixFromNSAttr(Attr a)
4. getNullableAttribute(final Element node, final String attributeName)
5. getNullSafe(NamedNodeMap attr, String key)
6. getOptionalAttributeValue(NamedNodeMap attrs, String name)
7. readAttribute(Node element, String attributeName)
8. readAttribute(Node node, String attribute, String defaultValue)
9. readAttributeWithPrefix(Node node, String attributePrefix, String defaultValue)