public void parseMetaElements(Element ele, BeanMetadataAttributeAccessor attributeAccessor) { NodeList nl = ele.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) { Node node = nl.item(i); if (isCandidateElement(node) && nodeNameEquals(node, META_ELEMENT)) { Element metaElement = (Element) node; String key = metaElement.getAttribute(KEY_ATTRIBUTE); String value = metaElement.getAttribute(VALUE_ATTRIBUTE); BeanMetadataAttribute attribute = new BeanMetadataAttribute(key, value); attribute.setSource(extractSource(metaElement)); attributeAccessor.addMetadataAttribute(attribute); } } }