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/**
 * EasyBeans
 * Copyright (C) 2006 Bull S.A.S.
 * Contact: easybeans@ow2.org
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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 * version 2.1 of the License, or any later version.
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 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
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 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307
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 *
 * --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * $Id: XMLUtils.java 2049 2007-11-20 14:32:56Z benoitf $
 * --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Properties;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

/**
 * Class with some useful methods on XML document.
 */
public final class XMLUtils {
    /**
     * Returns the value of the given node.
     * @param base the element from where to search.
     * @param name of the element to get.
     * @return the value of this element.
     */
    public static String getStringValueElement(final Element base, final String name) {
        String value = null;

        // Get element
        NodeList list = base.getElementsByTagName(name);
        if (list.getLength() == 1) {
            Element element = (Element) list.item(0);
            Node node = element.getFirstChild();
            if (node != null) {
                value = node.getNodeValue();
            }
        } else if (list.getLength() > 1) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Element '" + name + "' on '" + base
                    + "' should be unique but there are '" + list.getLength() + "' elements");
        }

        if (value != null) {
            value = value.trim();
        }
        return value;
    }
}