Here you can find the source of isJunk(Node node)
public static boolean isJunk(Node node)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w ww . ja v a 2 s.co m * Copyright (c) 2010-2013 Evolveum * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.Text; public class Main { public static boolean isJunk(Node node) { if (node.getNodeType() == Node.COMMENT_NODE) { return true; } if (node.getNodeType() == Node.PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE) { return true; } if (node.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) { Text text = (Text) node; if (text.getTextContent().matches("^\\s*$")) { return true; } return false; } return false; } }