Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.List; import java.util.Map; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Map<String, Object> getPropertiesWithValuesFromXML(Node propNode) { Map<String, Object> propertiesWithValues = new HashMap<String, Object>(); NodeList childList = propNode.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < childList.getLength(); i++) { Node currentNode = childList.item(i); if (currentNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { String nodeName = currentNode.getLocalName(); String namespace = currentNode.getNamespaceURI(); // href is a live property which is handled differently String fqn = namespace + ":" + nodeName; propertiesWithValues.put(fqn, nodeValue(currentNode)); } } return propertiesWithValues; } private static Object nodeValue(Node node) { NodeList childList = node.getChildNodes(); if (childList.getLength() == 0) { return ""; } else if (childList.getLength() == 1 && childList.item(0).getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) { return node.getTextContent().trim(); } else { List<Object> value = new ArrayList<Object>(); for (int i = 0; i < childList.getLength(); i++) { value.add(nodeValue(childList.item(i))); } return value; } } }