Re: Parsing XML attributes with DOM

-------------------- animals.xml ------------------------
<inventory>
  <animal type="mammal">
    <name>Fred</name>
    <species>Hippo</species>
    <weight units="Kg">1552</weight>
  </animal>
  <animal type="reptile">
    <name>Gert</name>
    <species>Croc</species>
  </animal>
</inventory>
-------------------- ParseXML.java -----------------------

    private static void doNode(Node node, String name) {
        String nodeName = "unknown";
        switch (node.getNodeType()) {
        case Node.ELEMENT_NODE:
            if (name.length() == 0) {
                nodeName = node.getNodeName();
            } else {
                nodeName = name + "." + node.getNodeName();
            }
            doRecursive(node, nodeName);
            break;
        case Node.TEXT_NODE:
            String text = node.getNodeValue();
            if (text.length() == 0 || text.matches("\n *")
                    || text.equals("\\r")) {
                break;
            }

            // I seem to be on the wrong track here!
            String type = "";
            NamedNodeMap attrs = node.getAttributes();
            if (attrs != null) {
                Node attr = attrs.getNamedItem("type");
                if (attr != null) {
                    type = attr.getNodeValue();
                }
            }

            System.out.println(name + "(" + type + ") = '"
                                    + text + "'.");

            nodeName = "unknown";
            break;
        default:
            System.out.println("Other node " + node.getNodeType()
                    + " : " + node.getClass());
            break;
        }
    } // doNode()

}

Clues?