Java Utililty Methods XML Attribute from Element

Element getElement(Element root, String tagName, String attrName, String attrValue)
get Element

if (root.getTagName().equals(tagName)) {
 if (attrName == null) {
 return (root);
 if (root.getAttribute(attrName).equals(attrValue)) {
 return (root);
NodeList list = root.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
 Element el = (Element) list.item(i);
 if (attrName == null) {
 return (el);
 if (el.getAttribute(attrName).equals(attrValue)) {
 return (el);
return (null);

int[] getElementArrayInt(Element root, String name, String attrib)
Takes a number of tags of name 'name' that are children of 'root', and looks for attributes of 'attrib' on them.

if (root == null)
 return null;
NodeList nl = root.getChildNodes();
LinkedList elementCache = new LinkedList();
int size = nl.getLength();
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
 Node node = nl.item(i);
 if (!(node instanceof Element))
...

String[] getElementArrayString(Element root, String name, String attrib)
Takes a number of tags of name 'name' that are children of 'root', and looks for attributes of 'attrib' on them.

if (root == null)
 return null;
NodeList nl = root.getChildNodes();
LinkedList elementCache = new LinkedList();
int size = nl.getLength();
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
 Node node = nl.item(i);
 if (!(node instanceof Element))
...

String getElementAttr(Element element, String attr)
Get the value of the attribute of the element

return element.getAttribute(attr);

String getElementAttribute(Element element, String name)
get Element Attribute

String text = element.getAttribute(name);
if (text != null) {
 text = text.trim();
 if (text.length() > 0) {
 return text;
return null;
...

String getElementAttribute(Element root, String elementName, String attribute)
get Element Attribute

NodeList list = root.getElementsByTagName(elementName);
if (list.getLength() == 0) {
 return null;
return ((Element) list.item(0)).getAttribute(attribute);

String getElementAttribute(Element root, String elemName, String att)
get the value of an Attribute in the Xml Document.

NodeList nl = root.getElementsByTagName(elemName);
if (null == nl) {
 return (null);
Node n = nl.item(0);
if (null == n) {
 return (null);
NamedNodeMap attributes = n.getAttributes();
if (null == attributes) {
 return (null);
n = attributes.getNamedItem(att);
if (null == n) {
 return (null);
return (n.getNodeValue().trim());

String getElementAttributes(Element element, List exclude)
get Element Attributes

StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
if (element != null) {
 NamedNodeMap attributes = element.getAttributes();
 if (attributes != null) {
 for (int i = 0; i < attributes.getLength(); i++) {
 Attr attr = (Attr) attributes.item(i);
 if (!exclude.contains(attr.getNodeName())) {
 buffer.append(attr.getNodeName() + "=");
...

String getElementAttributeValue(Element element, String attributeName)
get Element Attribute Value

return element == null ? null : element.getAttribute(attributeName);

boolean getElementBooleanValue(Element element, String attribute)
get Element Boolean Value

return getElementBooleanValue(element, attribute, false);