Java XML Child Remove removeChildren(Node node, String name)

Description

Remove all children with specified name from the specified node

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static void removeChildren(Node node, String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*// w w  w . ja  v a2s . c  o m
 * Copyright 2010, 2011 Institut Pasteur.
 * 
 * This file is part of ICY.
 * 
 * ICY is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * ICY 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 General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with ICY. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Remove all children with specified name from the specified node
     */
    public static void removeChildren(Node node, String name) {
        Node currentChild = node.getFirstChild();

        while (currentChild != null) {
            final Node nextChild = currentChild.getNextSibling();

            if (currentChild.getNodeName().equals(name))
                node.removeChild(currentChild);

            currentChild = nextChild;
        }
    }
}

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