svn commit: r967151 - /ofbiz/trunk/framework/base/src/org/ofbiz/base/util/UtilXml.java

Author: jleroux
Date: Fri Jul 23 16:06:41 2010
New Revision: 967151

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=967151&view=rev
Log:
A patch from Sascha Rodekamp "Method to get a child element attribute from a specific XML file" (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-3874) - OFBIZ-3874

Just a good method to return a named attribute of a named child node or a default if null.

Modified:
    ofbiz/trunk/framework/base/src/org/ofbiz/base/util/UtilXml.java

Modified: ofbiz/trunk/framework/base/src/org/ofbiz/base/util/UtilXml.java
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/framework/base/src/org/ofbiz/base/util/UtilXml.java?rev=967151&r1=967150&r2=967151&view=diff
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--- ofbiz/trunk/framework/base/src/org/ofbiz/base/util/UtilXml.java (original)
+++ ofbiz/trunk/framework/base/src/org/ofbiz/base/util/UtilXml.java Fri Jul 23 16:06:41 2010
@@ -855,6 +855,20 @@ public class UtilXml {
             return elementValue;
     }
 
+    /** Return a named attribute of a named child node or a default if null. */
+    public static String childElementAttribute(Element element, String childElementName, String attributeName, String defaultValue) {
+        if (element == null) return defaultValue;
+        // get the value of the first element with the given name
+        Element childElement = firstChildElement(element, childElementName);
+        String elementAttribute = elementAttribute(childElement, attributeName, defaultValue);
+
+        if (UtilValidate.isEmpty(elementAttribute))
+            return defaultValue;
+        else
+            return elementAttribute;
+    }
+
+
     /** Return the text (node value) of the first node under this, works best if normalized. */
     public static String elementValue(Element element) {
         if (element == null) return null;