Java XML Node Remove removeElement(Element parent, String tagName)

Description

Remove the node from parent

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
parent	a parameter
tagName	a parameter

Declaration

public static void removeElement(Element parent, String tagName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

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

public class Main {
    /**//  ww w .j  a va  2  s . co m
     * Remove the node from parent
     *
     * @param parent
     * @param tagName
     */
    public static void removeElement(Element parent, String tagName) {
        NodeList nl = parent.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
            Node nd = nl.item(i);
            if (nd.getNodeName().equals(tagName)) {
                parent.removeChild(nd);
            }
        }
    }
}

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6. removeElements(Node parent, String nature)
7. removeElementXML(Node node, short nodeType, String name)
8. removeEmptyHeadings(Node root)
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