Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * @(#)$Id: XMLCommon.java 116 2008-10-30 06:12:51Z unsaved $ * * Copyright 2008 by the JWebMail Development Team and Sebastian Schaffert. * * 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. */ import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static void genericRemoveAll(Element parent, String tagname) { NodeList nl = parent.getChildNodes(); List<Element> parts = new ArrayList<Element>(); for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) { if (nl.item(i) instanceof Element) { Element elem = (Element) nl.item(i); if (elem.getTagName().equals(tagname)) parts.add(elem); } } for (Element part : parts) parent.removeChild(part); } }