Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static boolean getChildBooleanValue(Node node) { Node child = node.getFirstChild(); return getBooleanValue(child); } public static boolean getBooleanValue(Node node) { String value = node.getNodeValue(); return parseBoolean(value); } public static boolean parseBoolean(String value) { if (value.trim().equalsIgnoreCase("true")) return true; else return false; } }