for (Iterator it = element.elementIterator("variable"); it.hasNext();) {
log.debug("<variable>");
Element variable = (Element) it.next();
String name = variable.valueOf("@name");
String messageType = variable.valueOf("@messageType");
String type = variable.valueOf("@type");
String elmt = variable.valueOf("@element");
log.debug("name = " + name);
log.debug("messageType = " + messageType);
log.debug("type = " + type);
log.debug("element = " + elmt);