Java XML Element Remove removePreviousSiblingText(Element element)

Description

Removes any previous siblings text nodes

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static void removePreviousSiblingText(Element element) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Removes any previous siblings text nodes
     */
    public static void removePreviousSiblingText(Element element) {
        while (true) {
            Node sibling = element.getPreviousSibling();
            if (sibling instanceof Text) {
                detach(sibling);
            } else {
                break;
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * If the node is attached to a parent then detach it
     */
    public static void detach(Node node) {
        if (node != null) {
            Node parentNode = node.getParentNode();
            if (parentNode != null) {
                parentNode.removeChild(node);
            }
        }
    }
}

Related

1. remove(Element element, Predicate shouldRemovePredicate)
2. removeAll(Element node, String subElement)
3. removeContent(Element element)
4. removeElements(Element from, String named)
5. removeEmptyElements(Node node)
6. removeSchemaLocation(Element el)
7. removeTopPi(Element e, Element pi)
8. removeWhitespaceNodes(Element e)
9. removeWhitespaceNodes(Element e)