Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); factory.setValidating(true); factory.setExpandEntityReferences(false); Document doc = factory.newDocumentBuilder().parse(new File("filename")); removeAll(doc, Node.ELEMENT_NODE, "junk"); removeAll(doc, Node.COMMENT_NODE, null); doc.normalize(); } public static void removeAll(Node node, short nodeType, String name) { if (node.getNodeType() == nodeType && (name == null || node.getNodeName().equals(name))) { node.getParentNode().removeChild(node); } else { NodeList list = node.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) { removeAll(list.item(i), nodeType, name); } } } }