Java XML Attribute from Node getNodeAttribute(Node node, String name)

Description

return the attribute value of an element.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
node	the node to get the attribute from.
name	the name of the attribute we are looking for the value.

Return

the value of the requested attribute or null if the attribute was not found or if node is not an Element.

Declaration

public static String getNodeAttribute(Node node, String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * return the attribute value of an element.
     * @param node the node to get the attribute from.
     * @param name the name of the attribute we are looking for the value.
     * @return the value of the requested attribute or <tt>null</tt> if the
     *         attribute was not found or if <tt>node</tt> is not an <tt>Element</tt>.
     */
    public static String getNodeAttribute(Node node, String name) {
        if (node instanceof Element) {
            Element element = (Element) node;
            return element.getAttribute(name);
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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