Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static Double getAttributeValueAsDouble(Node node, String attributeName, Double defaultValue) { final Node attributeNode = node.getAttributes().getNamedItem(attributeName); return attributeNode != null ? Double.parseDouble(attributeNode.getTextContent()) : defaultValue; } public static Double getAttributeValueAsDouble(Node node, String attributeName) { return Double.parseDouble(node.getAttributes().getNamedItem(attributeName).getTextContent()); } }