Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static boolean getAttributeBooleanValue(Node n, String item, boolean dflt) { final Node d = n.getAttributes().getNamedItem(item); if (d == null) { return dflt; } final String val = d.getNodeValue(); if (val == null) { return dflt; } return Boolean.parseBoolean(val); } }