Java Utililty Methods XML Attribute from Node

List of utility methods to do XML Attribute from Node

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The list of methods to do XML Attribute from Node are organized into topic(s).

Method

DategetXMLDate(Element e, String attrName)
get XML Date 
String s = e.getAttribute(attrName);
if (s == null || s.length() == 0)
    return null;
try {
    return parseDate(s);
} catch (Exception exc) {
    return null;
intgetXMLInt(Element e, String attrName)
get XML Int 
try {
    return Integer.parseInt(e.getAttribute(attrName));
} catch (Exception exc) {
    return -1;
intgetXMLInt(Element e, String attrName)
get XML Int 
try {
    return Integer.parseInt(e.getAttribute(attrName));
} catch (Exception exc) {
    return -1;
StringgetXmlNodeAttribute(String attributeName, NodeList nodeList)
Extract the node string representation. 
String retObj = null;
if (nodeList != null && nodeList.getLength() > 0) {
    Element element = (Element) nodeList.item(0);
    retObj = element.getAttribute(attributeName);
return retObj;
StringgetXmlNodeAttributeValue(Node NN, String AttrName)
Returns the String value of the given attribue of an xml node 
if (NN == null)
    return null;
if (AttrName == null)
    return null;
if (AttrName.length() < 1)
    return null;
NamedNodeMap atts = NN.getAttributes();
if (atts != null) {
...
BooleangetYesNoAttrVal(final NamedNodeMap nnm, final String name)
The attribute value of the named attribute in the given map must be absent or "yes" or "no". 
String val = getAttrVal(nnm, name);
if (val == null) {
    return null;
if ((!"yes".equals(val)) && (!"no".equals(val))) {
    throw new SAXException("Invalid attribute value: " + val);
return new Boolean("yes".equals(val));
...
booleanhasAttribByName(Element node, String name)
has Attrib By Name 
return node.hasAttribute(name);
StringparseAttribute(Node lnNode, String attributeName)
parse Attribute 
NamedNodeMap attributes = lnNode.getAttributes();
String attributeValue = null;
if (attributes != null) {
    Node attributeNode;
    for (int i = 0; i < attributes.getLength(); i++) {
        attributeNode = attributes.item(i);
        if (attributeNode.getNodeName().equals(attributeName))
            attributeValue = attributeNode.getNodeValue();
...
MapparseAttribute(NodeList abtList)
parse Attribute 
Map map = new HashMap();
try {
    for (int i = 0; i < abtList.getLength(); i++) {
        Node abt = abtList.item(i);
        if (abt.getNodeType() == 1) {
            map.put(abt.getNodeName(), abt.getTextContent().replace("'", "").replace("?", ""));
} catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
return map;
PropertiesparseAttributes(Node n)
parse Attributes 
return parseAttributes(n, null);