Here you can find the source of removeChilds(Node node)
public static void removeChilds(Node node)
//package com.java2s; /*//from ww w .ja v a 2 s.co m * Copyright (c) 2001-2011 Convertigo SA. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program 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 this program; if not, see<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * * $URL$ * $Author$ * $Revision$ * $Date$ */ import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static void removeChilds(Node node) { NodeList nl = node.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) node.removeChild(nl.item(i)); } }