Java XML Attribute from Node getNodeAttribute(Node node, String attributeName, String defaultValue)

Description

get the attribute with the given name from the given node

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
node	- the node to look in
attributeName	- the attribute's name to look for
defaultValue	a parameter

Return

- the value - defaultValue as default

Declaration

public static String getNodeAttribute(Node node, String attributeName,
        String defaultValue) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/********************************************************************************************************************
 * $Id: NodeUtils.java 868 2008-04-01 11:54:31Z wolfgang_fahl $
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2000-2008, Russell Gold
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated
 * documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
 * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and
 * to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 *
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions
 * of the Software./*from  w w w  .j a va2  s  .  c  o  m*/
 *
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
 * THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF
 * CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
 * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 *
 *******************************************************************************************************************/

import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * get the attribute with the given name from the given node
     * @param node - the node to look in
     * @param attributeName - the attribute's name to look for
     * @return - the value - "" as default
     */
    public static String getNodeAttribute(Node node, String attributeName) {
        return getNodeAttribute(node, attributeName, "");
    }

    /**
     * get the attribute with the given name from the given node
     * @param node - the node to look in
     * @param attributeName - the attribute's name to look for
     * @param defaultValue
     * @return - the value - defaultValue as default
     */
    public static String getNodeAttribute(Node node, String attributeName,
            String defaultValue) {
        NamedNodeMap attributes = node.getAttributes();
        if (attributes == null)
            return defaultValue;

        Node attribute = attributes.getNamedItem(attributeName);
        return (attribute == null) ? defaultValue : attribute
                .getNodeValue();
    }
}

Related

1. getNodeAttribute(Node n, String as)
2. getNodeAttribute(Node n, String attrName)
3. getNodeAttribute(Node n, String name)
4. GetNodeAttribute(Node node, String attributeName)
5. getNodeAttribute(Node node, String attributeName)
6. getNodeAttribute(Node node, String name)
7. getNodeAttribute(Node node, String name)
8. getNodeAttribute(Node node, String name)
9. getNodeAttribute(Node node, String name, String def)