code: public Integer getTimeout()
     {
        if (childNode.getTextValueForPatternName("timeout") != null && !childNode.getTextValueForPatternName("timeout").equals("null")) {
           return Integer.valueOf(childNode.getTextValueForPatternName("timeout"));
        }
        return null;
     }
docs: Returns the <code>timeout</code> element
  @return the node defined for the element <code>timeout</code>