Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import java.awt.Point; import org.w3c.dom.Element; public class Main { public static Point getChildAsPoint(Element parent, String childName) { if (doesElementContainChildren(parent, childName)) { String pointString = getFirstChildElement(parent, childName).getTextContent(); String[] coords = pointString.split(","); if (coords.length == 2) { Point point = new Point(Integer.parseInt(coords[0].replaceAll(" ", "")), Integer.parseInt(coords[1].replaceAll(" ", ""))); return point; } } return null; } public static boolean doesElementContainChildren(Element parent, String... childNames) { boolean missingChild = false; for (String childName : childNames) { if (parent.getElementsByTagName(childName).getLength() == 0) { missingChild = true; } } if (missingChild) return false; else return true; } public static Element getFirstChildElement(Element parent, String childName) { if (parent.getElementsByTagName(childName).getLength() > 0) { return (Element) parent.getElementsByTagName(childName).item(0); } return null; } }