Java XML Attribute Get getAttributeValue(Element element, String name)

Description

Retutns the value of the named attribute of the given element.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
element	element
name	name

Return

value

Declaration

public static String getAttributeValue(Element element, String name) 

Method Source Code

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import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.Attr;

public class Main {
    /**
     * <p>Retutns the value of the named attribute of the given
     * element. If there is no such attribute, returns null.</p>
     *
     * @param element element
     * @param name name
     * @return value
     */
    public static String getAttributeValue(Element element, String name) {
        Attr attribute = element.getAttributeNode(name);
        if (attribute == null) {
            return null;
        } else {
            return attribute.getValue();
        }
    }
}

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