Java XML Element Check isNil(Element element)

Description

Tests if an element is nil.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
element	the element to test

Return

true if the element is nil

Declaration

public static boolean isNil(Element element) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  w w  w  . jav a  2s.  co m*/
 * Copyright 2011-2012 Kevin Seim
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Tests if an element is nil.
     * @param element the element to test
     * @return <tt>true</tt> if the element is nil
     */
    public static boolean isNil(Element element) {
        String nil = element.getAttributeNS(XMLConstants.W3C_XML_SCHEMA_INSTANCE_NS_URI, "nil");
        return "true".equals(nil) || "1".equals(nil);
    }
}

Related

1. isLeaf(Element element)
2. isLinkNode(Element e)
3. isLocalName(Element element, String name)
4. isMuleNamespace(Element element)
5. isNil(Element aElement)
6. isSetPrefixBeforeStartElement( XMLStreamWriter writer)
7. isSetPrefixBeforeStartElement(XMLStreamWriter writer)
8. isStartElement(final XMLStreamReader reader)
9. isStartElement(XMLStreamReader xmlRdr, String tagName)