Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.*; public class Main { public static final int ERROR = 1; private static int lastState; public static double getDoubleAttribute(Element node, String attr) { double retValue = 0; try { String s = node.getAttribute(attr); s = s.replace(',', '.'); //retValue = Double.parseDouble( s ); retValue = Double.valueOf(s).doubleValue(); } catch (NumberFormatException ex) { System.err.println("Parse error:" + ex.getMessage() + " while reading attr: " + attr); lastState = ERROR; } return retValue; } }