Java XML Child Remove removeChildren(Element element)

Description

remove Children

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static void removeChildren(Element element) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2000-2013 Liferay, Inc. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
 * Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
 * any later version./* w  w w  .j  a  va2 s. c om*/
 *
 * This library 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 Lesser General Public License for more
 * details.
 *
 * Contributors:
 *       Gregory Amerson - initial implementation and ongoing maintenance
 *******************************************************************************/

import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    public static void removeChildren(Element element) {
        while (element != null && element.hasChildNodes()) {
            element.removeChild(element.getFirstChild());
        }
    }

    public static void removeChildren(Node node) {
        if (node == null || node.getChildNodes() == null || node.getChildNodes().getLength() <= 0) {
            return;
        }

        NodeList children = node.getChildNodes();

        for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
            node.removeChild(children.item(i));
        }
    }
}

Related

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