Java XML Child Remove removeChildren(Node node)

Description

Removes all the children of a given Node

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
node	the Node whose children is to be removed

Return

Node after the children removed

Declaration

public static Node removeChildren(Node node)

    

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Removes all the children of a given Node
     *
     * @param node the Node whose children is to be removed
     * @return Node after the children removed
     */

    public static Node removeChildren(Node node)

    {

        /*
            
        System.out.println(" Node whose children are to be removed:" + node.getNodeName() + 
            
                            ":Type:" + node.getNodeType() + ":value:" + node.getNodeValue());
            
         */

        // Currently remove children of only Element Nodes

        if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE)

        {

            NodeList children = node.getChildNodes();

            //System.out.println("***** XMLUTIL....removeChildren....# of children are " + children.getLength());

            for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++)

            {

                Node child = children.item(i);

                /*
                    
                System.out.println("Child Name:" + child.getNodeName() + 
                    
                                ":Type:" + child.getNodeType() + " value:" + child.getNodeValue() + ":i= " + i);
                    
                 */

                Node temp = node.removeChild(child);

                /*
                    
                System.out.println("Removed Name:" + temp.getNodeName() + 
                    
                            ":Type:" + temp.getNodeType() + " value:" + temp.getNodeValue() + ":i= " + i);
                    
                 */

                i--;

            }

        }

        return node;

    }
}

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