Java XML Attribute Get getAttribute(Element aElement, String aAttr, String aDefault)

Description

Retrieves the given attribute from the given Element.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
aElement	The owning <code>Element</code>.
aAttr	The name of the attribute.
aDefault	The default value if the attribute value is empty.

Declaration

public static String getAttribute(Element aElement, String aAttr,
        String aDefault) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

public class Main {
    /**/* w ww.  j a  va  2  s . c om*/
     * Returns the value of the specified attribute from the given Element.
     *
     * @param aElement The owning <code>Element</code>.
     * @param aAttributeName The name of the attribute.
     * @return String
     */
    public static String getAttribute(Element aElement,
            String aAttributeName) {
        return aElement.getAttribute(aAttributeName);
    }

    /**
     * Retrieves the given attribute from the given Element.  If the attribute had an empty String
     * value then the default argument is returned.
     *
     * @param aElement The owning <code>Element</code>.
     * @param aAttr The name of the attribute.
     * @param aDefault The default value if the attribute value is empty.
     */
    public static String getAttribute(Element aElement, String aAttr,
            String aDefault) {
        String str = getAttribute(aElement, aAttr);
        return str.equals("") ? aDefault : str; //$NON-NLS-1$
    }
}

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