org.dom4j.util: public class: AttributeHelper

org.dom4j.util
public class: AttributeHelper [javadoc | source]

java.lang.Object
   org.dom4j.util.AttributeHelper

AttributeHelper a number of helper methods for working with attribute values.

author: < - a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan

version: $ - Revision: 1.7 $

Constructor:
protected AttributeHelper() { }

Method from org.dom4j.util.AttributeHelper Summary:
booleanValue, booleanValue, booleanValue

Methods from java.lang.Object:
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method from org.dom4j.util.AttributeHelper Detail:
protected static boolean booleanValue(Attribute attribute) { if (attribute == null) { return false; } Object value = attribute.getData(); if (value == null) { return false; } else if (value instanceof Boolean) { Boolean b = (Boolean) value; return b.booleanValue(); } else { return "true".equalsIgnoreCase(value.toString()); } }
public static boolean booleanValue(Element element, String attributeName) { return booleanValue(element.attribute(attributeName)); }
public static boolean booleanValue(Element element, QName attributeQName) { return booleanValue(element.attribute(attributeQName)); }

Method from org.dom4j.util.AttributeHelper Detail:

 protected static boolean booleanValue(Attribute attribute) {
        if (attribute == null) {
            return false;
        }
        Object value = attribute.getData();
        if (value == null) {
            return false;
        } else if (value instanceof Boolean) {
            Boolean b = (Boolean) value;
            return b.booleanValue();
        } else {
            return "true".equalsIgnoreCase(value.toString());
        }
}

 public static boolean booleanValue(Element element,
    String attributeName) {
        return booleanValue(element.attribute(attributeName));
}

 public static boolean booleanValue(Element element,
    QName attributeQName) {
        return booleanValue(element.attribute(attributeQName));
}