How to access paragraph data

<%@ page import=" com.obinary.cms.Aggregator,
com.obinary.cms.core.HierarchyManager,
com.obinary.cms.core.Content"%>
<%!
public String getImageValue(HttpServletRequest request, String name, String defaultValue) {
  String returnValue = defaultValue;
  try {
    HierarchyManager hierarchyManager= HierarchyManager)request.getAttribute(Aggregator.HIERARCHY_MANAGER);
    String URI = (String) request.getAttribute(Aggregator.HANDLE);
    Content imageProperties = hierarchyManager.getPage(URI+"_properties");
    Content theParagraph = imageProperties.getParent();
    String text = theParagraph.getNodeData(name).getString();
    if (text != null && text.length() > 0) {
      returnValue = text;
    }
  } catch (Exception e) {
    // just don't ignore this, really.
  }
  return returnValue;
}
%>

<%@ page import="com.obinary.cms.util.Resource,
com.obinary.cms.core.NodeData,
com.obinary.cms.core.Content"%>
<%!
public String getValue(HttpServletRequest request, String name, String defaultValue) {
  String returnValue = defaultValue;
  try {
    Content contentNode = (Content) Resource.getLocalContentNode(request);
    if (contentNode == null) {
      contentNode = (Content) Resource.getGlobalContentNode(request);
    }
    NodeData nodeData = contentNode.getNodeData(name);
    String text = nodeData.getString();

    if (text != null && text.length() > 0) {
      returnValue = text;
    }
  } catch (Exception e) {
    // just don't ignore this, really.
  }
  return returnValue;
}
%>