Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; public class Main { public static String getAttributeFromElement(Element element, String name, String attributeName) { String result = null; Element nameElement = (Element) element.getElementsByTagName(name).item(0); if (nameElement != null) { result = nameElement.getAttribute(attributeName).toString(); } if (result != null && result.length() == 0) { result = null; } return result; } public static String getAttributeFromElement(Element element, String attributeName) { String result = null; if (element != null) { result = element.getAttribute(attributeName).toString(); } if (result != null && result.length() == 0) { result = null; } return result; } }