Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static String getAttributeValue(Node node, String attributeName) { for (Node child : getChildren(node)) { if (child.getNodeName().equalsIgnoreCase(attributeName)) { return child.getNodeValue(); } } return null; } public static List<Node> getChildren(Node node) { ArrayList<Node> children = new ArrayList<Node>(); NodeList nodeList = node.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) { children.add(nodeList.item(i)); } NamedNodeMap attributes = node.getAttributes(); if (attributes != null) { for (int i = 0; i < attributes.getLength(); i++) { children.add(attributes.item(i)); } } return children; } }