Here you can find the source of getAttributeAsBoolean(Element element, String name)
public static boolean getAttributeAsBoolean(Element element, String name)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w w w . j ava 2 s .c om * Copyright (c) 2008-2011 Simon Ritchie. * All rights reserved. * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import org.w3c.dom.*; public class Main { public static boolean getAttributeAsBoolean(Element element, String name) { String value = element.getAttribute(name); if (value == null) { return false; } return Boolean.parseBoolean(value); } }