Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.*; public class Main { /** * Parses the given attribute of this tag and returns it as an int. */ public static int getAttribInt(Element ele, String name) { String sval = ele.getAttribute(name); int val = 0; try { val = Integer.parseInt(sval); } catch (Exception e) { } return val; } public static int parseInt(String val) { if (val == null) return 0; int retVal = 0; try { retVal = Integer.parseInt(val); } catch (Exception e) { } return retVal; } }