Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (C) 2014 Dell, Inc. * * 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 org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; public class Main { static public List<Node> removeChildren(Node xmlNode, String name, boolean ignoreCase) { List<Node> removedChildren = new ArrayList<Node>(); while (true) { Node removedChild = removeChild(xmlNode, name, ignoreCase); if (removedChild == null) break; removedChildren.add(removedChild); } return removedChildren; } static public Node removeChild(Node xmlNode, String name, boolean ignoreCase) { Node removedChild = null; String key = name; if (ignoreCase) key = key.toLowerCase(); NodeList childNodes = xmlNode.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) { Node child = childNodes.item(i); String childName = child.getNodeName(); if (ignoreCase) childName = childName.toLowerCase(); if (childName.equals(key)) { removedChild = child; xmlNode.removeChild(child); break; } } return removedChild; } }