Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.awt.Font; 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 FONT_ATTR = "fontvalue"; public static Font getFontProperty(Element properties, String name) { String[] font = getPropertyNode(properties, name).getAttributes().getNamedItem(FONT_ATTR).getNodeValue() .split(","); return new Font(font[0], new Integer(font[1]), new Integer(font[2])); } 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; } }