Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; import java.util.Map; import java.util.LinkedHashMap; public class Main { /** * This method will find all the parameters under this <code>paramsElement</code> and return them as * Map<String, String>. For example, * <pre> * <result ... > * <param name="param1">value1</param> * <param name="param2">value2</param> * <param name="param3">value3</param> * </result> * </pre> * will returns a Map<String, String> with the following key, value pairs :- * <ul> * <li>param1 - value1</li> * <li>param2 - value2</li> * <li>param3 - value3</li> * </ul> * * @param paramsElement * @return */ public static Map getParams(Element paramsElement) { LinkedHashMap params = new LinkedHashMap(); if (paramsElement == null) { return params; } NodeList childNodes = paramsElement.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) { Node childNode = childNodes.item(i); if ((childNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) && "param".equals(childNode.getNodeName())) { Element paramElement = (Element) childNode; String paramName = paramElement.getAttribute("name"); String val = getContent(paramElement); if (val.length() > 0) { params.put(paramName, val); } } } return params; } /** * This method will return the content of this particular <code>element</code>. * For example, * * <pre> * <result>something_1</result> * </pre> * When the {@link org.w3c.dom.Element} <code><result></code> is passed in as * argument (<code>element</code> to this method, it returns the content of it, * namely, <code>something_1</code> in the example above. * * @return */ public static String getContent(Element element) { StringBuffer paramValue = new StringBuffer(); NodeList childNodes = element.getChildNodes(); for (int j = 0; j < childNodes.getLength(); j++) { Node currentNode = childNodes.item(j); if (currentNode != null && currentNode.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) { String val = currentNode.getNodeValue(); if (val != null) { paramValue.append(val.trim()); } } } String val = paramValue.toString().trim(); return val; } }