Java XML Child Remove removeChild(Element parent, String name)

Description

remove Child

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static void removeChild(Element parent, String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/* ww  w  . ja v  a  2s.  c o  m*/
 * Copyright 2009 Kantega AS
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *
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import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    public static void removeChild(Element parent, String name) {
        NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();
        if (children == null)
            return;

        for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
            Node child = children.item(i);
            if (child.getNodeName().equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
                parent.removeChild(child);
            }
        }
    }
}

Related

1. removeChild(final Node node, final Node child)
2. removeChild(Node xmlNode, String name, boolean ignoreCase)
3. removeChild(NodeList nodes)
4. removeChildElements(Element parent)