Java XML Attribute Get getAttributeValueAsBoolean(Attr attribute)

Description

Parses the attribute's value.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
attribute	attribute whose value will be converted to a boolean

Return

boolean value of the attribute or null

Declaration

public static Boolean getAttributeValueAsBoolean(Attr attribute) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.Attr;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Parses the attribute's value. If the value is 0 or "false" then false is returned, if the value is 1 or "true"
     * then true is returned, if the value is anything else then null returned.
     * 
     * @param attribute attribute whose value will be converted to a boolean
     * 
     * @return boolean value of the attribute or null
     */
    public static Boolean getAttributeValueAsBoolean(Attr attribute) {
        if (attribute == null) {
            return null;
        }

        String valueStr = attribute.getValue();
        if (valueStr.equals("0") || valueStr.equals("false")) {
            return Boolean.FALSE;
        } else if (valueStr.equals("1") || valueStr.equals("true")) {
            return Boolean.TRUE;
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

Related

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2. getAttributeValue(NodeList elements, String attributeName)
3. getAttributeValue(StartElement element, String namespaceURI, String localPart)
4. getAttributeValue(StartElement startElement, String attributeName)
5. getAttributeValue(String attributeName, Node xmlNode)
6. getAttributeValueAsBoolean(Element el, String attrName)
7. getAttributeValueAsDouble(Node node, String attributeName)
8. getAttributeValueAsInteger(Node node, String attributeName, Integer defaultValue)
9. getAttributeValueAsLong(final Element el, final String attrName, final long defaultVal)