Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static boolean getBoolAttribute(Node node, String name) { return Boolean.parseBoolean(getAttribute(node, name)); } public static boolean getBoolAttribute(Node node, String name, boolean defVal) { String att = getAttribute(node, name); if (att == null) return defVal; return Boolean.parseBoolean(att); } /** * Returns an attribute of the specified tag with the name provided. * * @param node * @param name * @return The attribute if its defined, or null. */ public static String getAttribute(Node node, String name, String defVal) { Node att = node.getAttributes().getNamedItem(name); return att == null ? defVal : att.getNodeValue(); } public static String getAttribute(Node node, String name) { return getAttribute(node, name, null); } }