Java XML Attribute Get getAttributeIgnoreCase(Element element, String attributeName)

Description

Gets the DOM attribute of element with the given name.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
element	the source element
attributeName	the attribute name

Return

the XML attribute if any, null otherwise

Declaration

public static Attr getAttributeIgnoreCase(Element element, String attributeName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*ww  w  .  j  a  va2s .c o  m*/
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 
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import org.w3c.dom.Attr;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Gets the DOM attribute of <code>element</code> with the given name.
     * It returns the first attribute that matches the name, regardless the case.
     * This is particularly useful when dealing with an HTML DOM, as HTML is not
     * case sensitive.
     * @param element the source element
     * @param attributeName the attribute name
     * @return the XML attribute if any, null otherwise
     */
    public static Attr getAttributeIgnoreCase(Element element, String attributeName) {
        NamedNodeMap nm = element.getAttributes();
        for (int i = 0; i < nm.getLength(); i++) {
            Attr a = (Attr) nm.item(i);
            if (a.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(attributeName)) {
                return a;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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