Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2011-2012 Kevin Seim * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import javax.xml.XMLConstants; import org.w3c.dom.*; public class Main { /** * Tests if an element is nil. * @param element the element to test * @return <tt>true</tt> if the element is nil */ public static boolean isNil(Element element) { String nil = element.getAttributeNS(XMLConstants.W3C_XML_SCHEMA_INSTANCE_NS_URI, "nil"); return "true".equals(nil) || "1".equals(nil); } }