Java XML Child Remove removeChildren(Node target)

Description

Remove the child nodes under another node.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
target	the <code>Node</code> to remove the children from.

Declaration

public static void removeChildren(Node target) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Remove the child nodes under another node.
     * @param target the <code>Node</code> to remove the children from.
     */
    public static void removeChildren(Node target) {
        while (target.hasChildNodes()) {
            target.removeChild(target.getFirstChild());
        }
    }
}

Related

1. removeChildren(Node node)
2. removeChildren(Node node, String name)
3. removeChildren(Node parent)
4. removeChildren(Node parent)
5. removeChildren(Node parent, NodeList nodelist)
6. removeChildren(Node xmlNode, String name, boolean ignoreCase)
7. removeChildrenNode(Node node)
8. removeChildrenOfType(final Node parent, final String type)
9. removeChilds(Node node)