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import org.w3c.dom.Attr; import org.w3c.dom.Element; public class Utils { /** * <p>Retutns the value of the named attribute of the given * element. If there is no such attribute, returns null.</p> * * @param element element * @param name name * @return value */ public static String getAttributeValue(Element element, String name) { Attr attribute = element.getAttributeNode(name); if (attribute == null) { return null; } else { return attribute.getValue(); } } }