--- a/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/artifacts/context/FLYSContextFactory.java	Wed May 23 10:17:06 2012 +0000
+++ b/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/artifacts/context/FLYSContextFactory.java	Wed May 23 11:02:50 2012 +0000
@@ -368,24 +368,15 @@
             new HashMap<String, List<ThemeMapping>>();
 
         for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) {
-            Node node = mappings.item(i);
-
-            String from = (String) XMLUtils.xpath(
-                node, "@from", XPathConstants.STRING);
-
-            String to = (String) XMLUtils.xpath(
-                node, "@to", XPathConstants.STRING);
+            Element node = (Element)mappings.item(i);
 
-            String pattern = (String) XMLUtils.xpath(
-                node, "@pattern", XPathConstants.STRING);
+            String from              = node.getAttribute("from");
+            String to                = node.getAttribute("to");
+            String pattern           = node.getAttribute("pattern");
+            String masterAttrPattern = node.getAttribute("masterAttr");
+            String outputPattern     = node.getAttribute("output");
 
-            String masterAttrPattern = (String) XMLUtils.xpath(
-                node, "@masterAttr", XPathConstants.STRING);
-
-            String outputPattern = (String) XMLUtils.xpath(
-                node, "@output", XPathConstants.STRING);
-
-            if (from != null && to != null) {
+            if (from.length() > 0 && to.length() > 0) {
                 List<ThemeMapping> tm = mapping.get(from);
 
                 if (tm == null) {