Java XML Child Remove removeChildren(Node node)

Description

Remove all the children from a node.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
node	the node to remove the children

Declaration

public static void removeChildren(Node node) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  w  w  w  .jav a 2 s  . c  om
 * ? Copyright IBM Corp. 2012
 * 
 * Licensed 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.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Remove all the children from a node.
     * This method is surprisingly absent from the Node interface.
     * @param node the node to remove the children 
     */
    public static void removeChildren(Node node) {
        if (node != null) {
            while (node.hasChildNodes()) {
                node.removeChild(node.getFirstChild());
            }
        }
    }
}

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