Here you can find the source of removeChildren(Element element)
public static void removeChildren(Element element)
//package com.java2s; /**//w w w. j a v a 2 s.c o m * Copyright 2005-2016 Red Hat, Inc. * * Red Hat licenses this file to you 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 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * 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 limitations under the License. */ import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static void removeChildren(Element element) { while (true) { Node child = element.getFirstChild(); if (child == null) { return; } element.removeChild(child); } } }