Java XML Node Remove removeEmptyTextNodes(Node parentNode)

Description

remove Empty Text Nodes

License

LGPL

Declaration

private static void removeEmptyTextNodes(Node parentNode) 

Method Source Code

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

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    private static void removeEmptyTextNodes(Node parentNode) {
        Node childNode = parentNode.getFirstChild();
        while (childNode != null) {
            // grab the "nextSibling" before the child node is removed
            Node nextChild = childNode.getNextSibling();

            short nodeType = childNode.getNodeType();
            if (nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
                boolean containsOnlyWhitespace = childNode.getNodeValue().trim().isEmpty();
                if (containsOnlyWhitespace) {
                    parentNode.removeChild(childNode);
                }/*from  w  w w .  j a v  a  2 s .c  om*/
            }
            childNode = nextChild;
        }
    }
}

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