Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; public class Main { /** * @param eElement element containing boolean attribute * @param atribute name of attribute in element * @return value of boolean or null if attribute not exists */ public static Boolean getBooleanElementAtribute(Element eElement, String atribute) { String atr = eElement.getAttribute(atribute); if (atr != null && !atr.isEmpty()) { return Boolean.valueOf(atr); } return null; } }