Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import org.w3c.dom.Attr; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static String getAttribute(final Node n, final String attrName, final String defaultValue) { if (n.getAttributes().getNamedItem(attrName) != null) { return ((Attr) n.getAttributes().getNamedItem(attrName)).getValue(); } return defaultValue; } }