Returns the language code associated with the specified XML element. - Java XML

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Returns the language code associated with the specified XML element.

Demo Code

/**/*from ww  w.j a  va2  s . c o  m*/
 * Copyright (c) 2009 DITA2InDesign project (dita2indesign.sourceforge.net)  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. 
 */
//package com.java2s;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the language code associated with the specified element.
     * 
     * @param elemNode The whose language value is to be returned.
     * @param defaultLangCode The default language code to return if
     * there is no explicit language code.
     */
    public static String getElementLanguage(Element elemNode,
            String defaultLangCode) {
        String langCode = defaultLangCode;
        if (elemNode.hasAttribute("language")) {
            langCode = elemNode.getAttribute("language");
        } else if (elemNode.hasAttribute("lang")) {
            langCode = elemNode.getAttribute("lang");
        } else if (elemNode.hasAttributeNS("xml", "lang")) {
            langCode = elemNode.getAttributeNS("xml", "lang");
        }
        return langCode;
    }
}

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