Java XML Child Remove removeChildren(Element parent)

Description

Remove all children from a XML parent

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
parent	The element to remove all children from

Declaration

public static void removeChildren(Element parent) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    /**/*from www.j a v a 2 s  .co m*/
     * Remove all children from a XML parent
     *
     *
     * @param parent The element to remove all children from
     *
     *
     *
     */
    public static void removeChildren(Element parent) {

        Node node = parent.getFirstChild();
        while (node != null) {
            Node removeNode = node;
            node = node.getNextSibling();
            parent.removeChild(removeNode);
        }
    }
}

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