Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * ***************************************************************************** * * Copyright (c) 2004-2011 Oracle Corporation. * * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made * available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which * accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * Contributors: * * Winston Prakash * ****************************************************************************** */ import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static void deleteElement(Document fromDoc, String elementName) { NodeList list = fromDoc.getElementsByTagName(elementName); if ((list != null) && (list.getLength() > 0)) { Element element = (Element) list.item(0); element.getParentNode().removeChild(element); } } }