How to extract an XML attribute

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I want to extract the NetworkConnection network name (none) in the following xml content:

<ns6:NetworkConnection network="none" needsCustomization="true" xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/versions" xmlns:ns2="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1" xmlns:ns3="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/common" xmlns:ns4="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_VirtualSystemSettingData" xmlns:ns5="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_ResourceAllocationSettingData" xmlns:ns6="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5" xmlns:ns7="http://www.vmware.com/schema/ovf" xmlns:ns8="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/environment/1" xmlns:ns9="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/extension/v1.5">

  <ns6:NetworkConnectionIndex>0</ns6:NetworkConnectionIndex>

  <ns6:IsConnected>false</ns6:IsConnected>

  <ns6:MACAddress>00:50:56:3f:03:5c</ns6:MACAddress>

  <ns6:IpAddressAllocationMode>NONE</ns6:IpAddressAllocationMode>

</ns6:NetworkConnection>

I have:

var nsXML = ns.toXml();

    var doc = new XML(nsXML);
    //default xml namespace = doc.namespace();
    var networkName = doc.NetworkConnection.network;;
    System.log(networkName);

and am getting null

I dont know how to reference the attribute.

[maverix7 · Accepted solution]

You can try with

doc.attribute("network")

or

doc.@network

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Or alternatively

var networkName = doc["@network"];

I like better the DOM like style doc.attribute("network") as it is easier to read and you can pass special characters.