private Map attributeMap(String tagName, Attributes atts) throws ParserException { if (null == tagName || null == atts) return null; Map mapping = null; try { mapping = (Map) attributeMaps.get(tagName); } catch (Exception e) { throw new ParserException( "Typecast error, unknown element found in attribute list mappings! " + e.getMessage()); } if (null == mapping) return null; Map resultMapping = new HashMap(); for (int i = 0; i < atts.getLength(); i++) { String xmlName = atts.getQName(i); String value = atts.getValue(i); TagMap.AttributeMapping aMap = null; try { aMap = (TagMap.AttributeMapping) mapping.get(xmlName); } catch (Exception e) { throw new ParserException( "Typecast error, unknown element found in property mapping! " + e.getMessage()); } if (null == aMap) throw new ParserException( "No attribute mapping specified for attribute: " + xmlName + " in tag: " + tagName); String propertyName = aMap.getPropertyName(); try { resultMapping.put(propertyName, aMap.convertValue(value)); } catch (Exception e) { throw new ParserException( "Can not convert given value: \"" + value + "\" to specified type: " + aMap.getType() + " for attribute: " + xmlName + " in tag: " + tagName + "! " + e.getMessage()); } } checkForRequiredAttributes(tagName, resultMapping, mapping); addDefaultValues(resultMapping, mapping); return resultMapping; }