Java XML Child Remove removeChildren(Node xmlNode, String name, boolean ignoreCase)

Description

remove Children

License

Apache License

Declaration

static public List<Node> removeChildren(Node xmlNode, String name, boolean ignoreCase) 

Method Source Code

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import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    static public List<Node> removeChildren(Node xmlNode, String name, boolean ignoreCase) {
        List<Node> removedChildren = new ArrayList<Node>();

        while (true) {
            Node removedChild = removeChild(xmlNode, name, ignoreCase);
            if (removedChild == null)
                break;

            removedChildren.add(removedChild);
        }
        return removedChildren;
    }

    static public Node removeChild(Node xmlNode, String name, boolean ignoreCase) {
        Node removedChild = null;

        String key = name;
        if (ignoreCase)
            key = key.toLowerCase();

        NodeList childNodes = xmlNode.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) {
            Node child = childNodes.item(i);
            String childName = child.getNodeName();
            if (ignoreCase)
                childName = childName.toLowerCase();

            if (childName.equals(key)) {
                removedChild = child;
                xmlNode.removeChild(child);
                break;
            }
        }
        return removedChild;
    }
}

Related

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