Removes any previous siblings text XML nodes - Java XML

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Removes any previous siblings text XML nodes

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;

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);
            }
        }
    }
}

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