Java XML Element Remove removeAll(Element node, String subElement)

Description

remove All

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static void removeAll(Element node, String subElement) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    public static void removeAll(Element node, String subElement) {
        for (Element e : findAll(node, subElement))
            node.removeChild(e);
    }

    /** Returns all 'subElement' of 'node'. */
    public static List<Element> findAll(Element node, String subElement) {
        if (node != null) {
            NodeList nl = node.getElementsByTagName(subElement);
            if (nl != null && nl.getLength() > 0) {
                int n = nl.getLength();
                ArrayList<Element> ans = new ArrayList<Element>(n);
                for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i)
                    ans.add((Element) nl.item(i));
                return ans;
            }
        }
        return java.util.Collections.<Element>emptyList();
    }
}

Related

1. remove(Element element, Predicate shouldRemovePredicate)
2. removeContent(Element element)
3. removeElements(Element from, String named)
4. removeEmptyElements(Node node)
5. removePreviousSiblingText(Element element)