Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static final String PROPERTY_NODE = "property"; public static final String NAME_ATTR = "name"; public static final String BOOLEAN_ATTR = "booleanvalue"; public static boolean getBooleanProperty(Element properties, String name) { return Boolean.parseBoolean( getPropertyNode(properties, name).getAttributes().getNamedItem(BOOLEAN_ATTR).getNodeValue()); } public static Element getPropertyNode(Element properties, String name) { NodeList nodeList = properties.getElementsByTagName(PROPERTY_NODE); for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) { Element element = (Element) nodeList.item(i); if (name.equals(element.getAttributes().getNamedItem(NAME_ATTR).getNodeValue())) { return element; } } return null; } }