Java XML Attribute Remove removeXmlNsAttribute(final Node node)

Description

remove stray "xmlns" default namespace element that seems to get left over even after removing namespacing from nodes

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static void removeXmlNsAttribute(final Node node) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /** XML namespace declaration attribute */
    private static final String ATTR_XMLNS = "xmlns";

    /** remove stray "xmlns" default namespace element that seems to get left over even after removing namespacing from nodes */
    public static void removeXmlNsAttribute(final Node node) {
        final NamedNodeMap attr = node.getAttributes();
        for (int i = 0; i < attr.getLength(); i++) {
            final Node item = attr.item(i);
            if (ATTR_XMLNS.equals(item.getNodeName())) {
                attr.removeNamedItem(ATTR_XMLNS);
                return;
            }
        }
    }
}

Related

1. removeNodeAttributes(Node node)
2. removeNodeContents(Node aSource, boolean aRemoveAttrs)
3. removePrefixes(final String xml, final boolean ignoreAttrValues)
4. removeUnspecifiedIfmapAttributes(Node meta)
5. removeXmlBaseAttributes(Node node)