Java XML Child Remove removeChildNodes(Node node)

Description

remove Child Nodes

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static void removeChildNodes(Node node) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*********************************************************************
 *
 *  File Name: XMLUtils.java// w ww  .  j  a  va 2  s .co  m
 *
 *  Description: Commonly used XML functions
 *
 *  Date Created: Mar 15, 2005
 * 
 *  Revision History:
 *  
 *  NNN - MMM YY - Name - Change
 *  
 *  Copyright (C) 2005, Erissoft
 *  
 *  This file is part of Erissoft common framework
 *
 *  HAM 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.
 *
 *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 *
 *********************************************************************/

import java.util.*;
import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    public static void removeChildNodes(Node node) {
        NodeList nl = node.getChildNodes();

        //for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) 
        while (nl.getLength() > 0)
            node.removeChild(nl.item(0));

    }

    public static Collection<Node> getChildNodes(Node node) {
        Collection<Node> list = new LinkedList<Node>();

        NodeList nl = node.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++)
            if (nl.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
                list.add(nl.item(i));

        return list;
    }
}

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)
5. removeChildNodes(Node node)
6. removeChildNodes(Node node, short... ignoreNodeTypes)
7. removeChildNodes(Node parent)
8. removeChildren(Element el)
9. removeChildren(Element element)