Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2006-2010 the original author or authors. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ public class Main { /** * Removes leading XML declaration from xml if present. * @param xml * @return */ public static String omitXmlDeclaration(String xml) { if (xml.startsWith("<?xml") && xml.contains("?>")) { return xml.substring(xml.indexOf("?>") + 2).trim(); } return xml; } }