Here you can find the source of removeAllChildren(Node node)
public static boolean removeAllChildren(Node node)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w ww. java 2 s . c om*/ * This file is part of the Jose Project * see http://jose-chess.sourceforge.net/ * (c) 2002-2006 Peter Sch?fer * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * */ import org.w3c.dom.*; public class Main { public static boolean removeAllChildren(Node node) { Node child = node.getFirstChild(); if (child == null) return false; // already empty while (child != null) { Node nextChild = child.getNextSibling(); node.removeChild(child); child = nextChild; } return true; } }