Recursively removes all text nodes from a XML DOM element. - Android XML

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Description

Recursively removes all text nodes from a XML DOM element.

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Recursively removes all text nodes from a DOM element.
     * 
     * @param element
     *        The element
     */
    public static void removeTextNodes(Element element) {
        Node nextNode = element.getFirstChild();
        for (Node child = element.getFirstChild(); nextNode != null;) {
            child = nextNode;
            nextNode = child.getNextSibling();
            if (child.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE)
                element.removeChild(child);
            else if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
                removeTextNodes((Element) child);
        }
    }
}

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