Child Node's attribute value using DOM

Question

I want to get the attribute value of a childnode in a xml file using DOM parser without XPath..Is there any way that I can do that

I have my node structure like this:

<parent type = "xxxxx">
    <child type = "yyyy">
       <grandchild name = "xxxxx" type ="zzzz" />
       <grandchild name = "xxxyx" type ="zzzx" />
      </child>

I want the names of the grand child given the child's type as input

Answer 1

Yes.

1. First, check whether the node is an Element . If so, cast to it.
2. Call Element.getAttribute .

Answer 2

• Is this child node directly under the parent or at a lower level?
• Is there more than one child node?

One could use something like this:

NodeList childNodes = parent.getChildNodes();

for(int i = 0; i < childNodes.size(); i++) {
   System.out.println(childNodes.item(i)
                                .getAttributes()
                                .getNamedItem("myAttribute")
                                .getNodeValue());
}

This is one way that I have done it.