Java Utililty Methods XML Attribute from Node

List of utility methods to do XML Attribute from Node

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Method

StringgetNodeAttribute(Node n, String as)
Returns the String that is the attribute of Node n named by attname or "" if that attribute doesn't exist. 
return ((Element) n).getAttribute(as);
StringgetNodeAttribute(Node n, String attrName)
get Node Attribute 
Node namedAttr = n.getAttributes().getNamedItem(attrName);
if (namedAttr != null)
    return namedAttr.getNodeValue();
else
    return null;
StringgetNodeAttribute(Node n, String name)
get Node Attribute 
if (n == null)
    return null;
NamedNodeMap attr = n.getAttributes();
Node nameNode = attr.getNamedItem(name);
if (nameNode != null) {
    String name_value = getNodeValue(nameNode);
    return name_value;
} else {
...
StringGetNodeAttribute(Node node, String attributeName)
Returns the content of the specified attribute in the specified node. 
Element x = (Element) node;
return x.getAttribute(attributeName);
StringgetNodeAttribute(Node node, String attributeName)
get Node Attribute 
String sRetValue = null;
NamedNodeMap attributes = node.getAttributes();
if (attributes != null) {
    Node attrib = attributes.getNamedItem(attributeName);
    if (attrib != null) {
        sRetValue = attrib.getNodeValue();
return sRetValue;
StringgetNodeAttribute(Node node, String attributeName, String defaultValue)
get the attribute with the given name from the given node 
NamedNodeMap attributes = node.getAttributes();
if (attributes == null)
    return defaultValue;
Node attribute = attributes.getNamedItem(attributeName);
return (attribute == null) ? defaultValue : attribute.getNodeValue();
StringgetNodeAttribute(Node node, String name)
get Node Attribute 
if (node.hasAttributes()) {
    NamedNodeMap attrs = node.getAttributes();
    for (int i = 0; i < attrs.getLength(); i++) {
        Attr attribute = (Attr) attrs.item(i);
        if (attribute.getName().equals(name)) {
            return attribute.getValue();
return null;
StringgetNodeAttribute(Node node, String name)
get Node Attribute 
NamedNodeMap map = node.getAttributes();
Node n = map.getNamedItem(name);
if (n != null) {
    return n.getNodeValue();
return null;
StringgetNodeAttribute(Node node, String name)
return the attribute value of an element. 
if (node instanceof Element) {
    Element element = (Element) node;
    return element.getAttribute(name);
return null;
StringgetNodeAttribute(Node node, String name, String def)
get Node Attribute 
return getNamedItemNodeValue(node.getAttributes(), name, def);