Here you can find the source of removeContent(Element element)
public static void removeContent(Element element)
//package com.java2s; /**/*from ww w . j a va 2 s . c o m*/ Copyright (C) 2012 Delcyon, Inc. This program 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. 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/>. */ import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static void removeContent(Element element) { NodeList nodeList = element.getChildNodes(); while (nodeList.getLength() > 0) { element.removeChild(nodeList.item(0)); } } }