Here you can find the source of getElementLocalName(Element element)
public static String getElementLocalName(Element element)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from ww w . jav a 2 s . co m*/ * $Header$ * $Revision: 207706 $ * $Date: 2004-08-30 16:08:10 +0800 (Mon, 30 Aug 2004) $ * * ==================================================================== * * Copyright 1999-2002 The Apache Software Foundation * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. * */ import org.w3c.dom.Element; public class Main { public static String getElementLocalName(Element element) { String localName = null; if (element == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("The element cannot be null"); } else { try { localName = element.getLocalName(); } catch (NoSuchMethodError e) { localName = element.getTagName(); int index = localName.indexOf(":"); if (index > 0 && index < (localName.length() - 1)) { localName = localName.substring(index + 1); } } } return localName; } }