Here you can find the source of getAttribute(Element element, String attrName)
public static String getAttribute(Element element, String attrName)
//package com.java2s; /* ****************************************************************************** * Copyright (c) 2006-2012 XMind Ltd. and others. * //from w w w . j a v a2s . co m * This file is a part of XMind 3. XMind releases 3 and * above are dual-licensed under the Eclipse Public License (EPL), * which is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * and the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), * which is available at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html * See http://www.xmind.net/license.html for details. * * Contributors: * XMind Ltd. - initial API and implementation *******************************************************************************/ import org.w3c.dom.Element; public class Main { public static String getAttribute(Element element, String attrName) { if (!element.hasAttribute(attrName)) { String localName = getLocalName(attrName); if (!attrName.equals(localName)) return getAttribute(element, localName); return null; } return element.getAttribute(attrName); } public static String getLocalName(String qualifiedName) { int index = qualifiedName.indexOf(':'); if (index >= 0) return qualifiedName.substring(index + 1); return qualifiedName; } }