Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.File; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { private final static String getElement(String filePath, String key) throws Exception { String value = null; try { DocumentBuilderFactory documentBuilderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); DocumentBuilder documentBuilder = documentBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder(); File xmlFile = new File(filePath); Document document = documentBuilder.parse(xmlFile); Element resourcesElement = document.getDocumentElement(); resourcesElement.normalize(); NodeList strings = resourcesElement.getChildNodes(); int stringsCount = strings.getLength(); for (int i = 0; i < stringsCount; i++) { Node node = strings.item(i); short nodeType = node.getNodeType(); if (nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { Element element = (Element) node; String attribute = element.getAttribute("name"); if (attribute.equals(key)) { value = element.getTextContent(); } } } } catch (Exception ex) { throw ex; } return value; } }