Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; import org.w3c.dom.Text; public class Main { /**Get a NodeLIst of child nodes, ignoring nodes that have White space * @param e * @return */ public static NodeList getChildNodesNoWS(Element e) { NodeList children = e.getChildNodes(); for (int i = children.getLength() - 1; i >= 0; i--) { Node child = children.item(i); if (child instanceof Text && ((Text) child).getData().trim().length() == 0) { e.removeChild(child); } } return e.getChildNodes(); } }