Here you can find the source of removeChildren(Node node)
public static void removeChildren(Node node)
//package com.java2s; /**/*from ww w. ja va 2s . c o m*/ * Copyright (c) 2000-present 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. * * 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. */ import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static void removeChildren(Node node) { if (node != null) { while (node.hasChildNodes()) { node.removeChild(node.getFirstChild()); } } } }