Java XML Attribute Read getNameAttribute(final Node aNode)

Description

Retrieves the value of the name attribute of the supplied Node.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
aNode	A DOM Node.

Return

the value of the name attribute of the supplied Node/Element.

Declaration

public static String getNameAttribute(final Node aNode) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    private static final String NAME_ATTRIBUTE = "name";

    /**//from  w  ww . j  a  v  a  2 s.co m
     * Retrieves the value of the {@code name} attribute of the supplied Node.
     *
     * @param aNode A DOM Node.
     * @return the value of the {@code name} attribute of the supplied Node/Element.
     */
    public static String getNameAttribute(final Node aNode) {
        return getNamedAttribute(aNode, NAME_ATTRIBUTE);
    }

    private static String getNamedAttribute(final Node aNode, final String attributeName) {

        // Fail fast
        if (aNode == null) {
            return null;
        }

        final NamedNodeMap attributes = aNode.getAttributes();
        if (attributes != null) {

            final Node nameNode = attributes.getNamedItem(attributeName);
            if (nameNode != null) {
                return nameNode.getNodeValue().trim();
            }
        }

        // Not found.
        return null;
    }
}

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