Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { /** * Removes all of the child nodes from a parent node. */ public static void emptyNode(final Node parent) { final NodeList childNodes = parent.getChildNodes(); for (int i = childNodes.getLength() - 1; i >= 0; i--) { final Node childNode = childNodes.item(i); childNode.getParentNode().removeChild(childNode); } } }