Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* Linguine Maps Programmatic Visualization Library Copyright (C) 2005 Pavel Simakov http://www.softwaresecretweapons.com This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) 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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA */ import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static String getAttributeValue(Node node, String name, String defaultValue) { try { return node.getAttributes().getNamedItem(name).getNodeValue(); } catch (Exception ex) { return defaultValue; } } }