Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static String getAttributeValue(Element start, String attrName) { if (start.getNodeType() == Element.ELEMENT_NODE) { NamedNodeMap startAttr = start.getAttributes(); for (int i = 0; i < startAttr.getLength(); i++) { Node attr = startAttr.item(i); if (attrName.equals(attr.getNodeName().trim())) return attr.getNodeValue().trim(); } return null; } else return null; } }