Java XML Child Remove removeChildren(Element el)

Description

Remove all childs element from el

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
el	element that contains unnecessary children.

Declaration

public static void removeChildren(Element el) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  ww w.  j  av a  2s  . co  m*/
 *  Copyright 2009 Pokidov Dmitry.
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
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 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 *  under the License.
 */

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Remove all childs element from {@code el}
     * @param el element that contains unnecessary children.
     */
    public static void removeChildren(Element el) {
        while (el.getChildNodes().getLength() > 0) {
            el.removeChild(el.getChildNodes().item(0));
        }
    }
}

Related

1. removeChildElements(Element parent)
2. removeChildNodes(Node node)
3. removeChildNodes(Node node)
4. removeChildNodes(Node node, short... ignoreNodeTypes)
5. removeChildNodes(Node parent)
6. removeChildren(Element element)
7. removeChildren(Element element)
8. removeChildren(Element parent)
9. removeChildren(final Node node)