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/**
 * EasyBeans
 * Copyright (C) 2006 Bull S.A.S.
 * Contact: easybeans@ow2.org
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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 * version 2.1 of the License, or any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307
 * USA
 *
 * --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * $Id: XMLUtils.java 2049 2007-11-20 14:32:56Z benoitf $
 * --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Properties;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

/**
 * Class with some useful methods on XML document.
 */
public final class XMLUtils {

    /**
     * Utility class, no constructor.
     */
    private XMLUtils() {
    }

    /**
     * Returns the value of the attribute of the given element.
     * @param base the element from where to search.
     * @param name of the attribute to get.
     * @return the value of this element.
     */
    public static String getAttributeValue(final Element base, final String name) {

        // get attribute of this element...
        NamedNodeMap mapAttributes = base.getAttributes();
        Node node = mapAttributes.getNamedItem(name);
        if (node != null) {
            return node.getNodeValue();
        }
        return null;
    }

}