Java Utililty Methods XML Attribute Get

Attr a = e.getAttributeNodeNS(nsURI, name);
if (a == null)
    return null;
return a.getValue();

if (!element.hasAttributes()) {
    return null;
NamedNodeMap attributes = element.getAttributes();
return attributes.getNamedItem(attribute);

return element.getAttribute(attribute);

Map<String, String> list = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>();
NamedNodeMap map = el.getAttributes();
for (int i = 0; i < map.getLength(); i++) {
    list.put(map.item(i).getNodeName(), map.item(i).getNodeValue());
return list;

String nodename, prefix = null;
List attrs = new Vector();
NamedNodeMap attrMap = el.getAttributes();
for (int i = 0; i < attrMap.getLength(); i++) {
    nodename = attrMap.item(i).getNodeName();
    prefix = attrMap.item(i).getPrefix();
    if (ATTR_XMLNS.equals(nodename) || ATTR_XMLNS.equals(prefix)) {
        continue;
...

Map<String, String> retval = new HashMap<String, String>();
NamedNodeMap list = el.getAttributes();
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = list.item(i);
    if (node instanceof Attr) {
        Attr a = (Attr) node;
        retval.put(a.getName(), a.getValue());
return retval;

NamedNodeMap attributes = element.getAttributes();
Map<String, String> result = new HashMap<String, String>();
int n = attributes.getLength();
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    Attr attribute = (Attr) attributes.item(i);
    result.put(attribute.getName(), attribute.getValue());
return result;
...

Map<String, String> ret = new HashMap<String, String>();
NamedNodeMap attrs = element.getAttributes();
for (int i = 0; i < attrs.getLength(); i++) {
    Attr attr = (Attr) attrs.item(i);
    String attrName = attr.getName();
    if (!attrName.startsWith(XMLNS_PREFIX_COLON) && !attrName.equals(XMLNS_PREFIX)) {
        ret.put(attrName, attr.getValue());
return ret;

NodeList list = root.getElementsByTagName(elementName);
String[][] ret = new String[list.getLength()][wantedAttributes.length];
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    Element elem = (Element) list.item(i);
    for (int j = 0; j < wantedAttributes.length; j++) {
        ret[i][j] = elem.getAttribute(wantedAttributes[j]);
return ret;

final Map<QName, String> attmap = new HashMap<QName, String>();
final NamedNodeMap attribs = el.getAttributes();
for (int i = 0; i < attribs.getLength(); i++) {
    final Attr attr = (Attr) attribs.item(i);
    final String name = attr.getName();
    final QName qname = resolveQName(el, name);
    final String value = attr.getNodeValue();
    attmap.put(qname, value);
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