Here you can find the source of removeChildNodes(Node parent)
public static void removeChildNodes(Node parent)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2016 Red Hat, Inc.//from w w w. j a va 2 s . co m * Distributed under license by Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. * This program is made available under the terms of the * Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * Contributors: * Red Hat, Inc. - initial API and implementation * William Collins punkhornsw@gmail.com ******************************************************************************/ import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static void removeChildNodes(Node parent) { while (parent.hasChildNodes()) { parent.removeChild(parent.getFirstChild()); } } }