Example usage for org.w3c.dom Element removeChild

Introduction

In this page you can find the example usage for org.w3c.dom Element removeChild.

Prototype

public Node removeChild(Node oldChild) throws DOMException;

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Document

Removes the child node indicated by oldChild from the list of children, and returns it.

Usage

From source file:MainClass.java

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
    factory.setValidating(true);/*from w ww .  j  av  a2 s .  co  m*/
    DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();

    Document doc = builder.parse("yourFile.xml");
    Element rootElement = doc.getDocumentElement();
    NodeList children = rootElement.getChildNodes();
    Node current = null;
    for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
        current = children.item(i);
        if (current.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
            Element element = (Element) current;
            if (element.getTagName().equalsIgnoreCase("tableOfContents")) {
                rootElement.removeChild(element);
            }
        }
    }

    System.out.println(doc.getDocumentElement());
}

From source file:Main.java

public static void removeChilds(Element e) {
    while (e.hasChildNodes())
        e.removeChild(e.getFirstChild());
}

From source file:Main.java

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public static void deleteFirstElement(Document doc) {
    Element root = doc.getDocumentElement();
    Element child = (Element) root.getFirstChild();
    root.removeChild(child);
}

From source file:Main.java

public static void removeAll(Element node, String subElement) {
    for (Element e : findAll(node, subElement))
        node.removeChild(e);
}

From source file:Main.java

/**
 * Delete child element by name//from  w  ww  . j  a  va  2s.c om
 * @param element parent element
 * @param childName child name
 */
public static void removeChild(Element element, String childName) {
    Element childElement = findChildElement(element, childName);
    if (childElement != null) {
        childElement.removeChild(element);
    }
}

From source file:Main.java

/**
 * Remove all child nodes of the given node.
 *
 * @param aElement// w w  w  .ja v  a 2 s.  com
 *        The element whose children are to be removed.
 */
public static void removeAllChildElements(@Nonnull final Element aElement) {
    while (aElement.getChildNodes().getLength() > 0)
        aElement.removeChild(aElement.getChildNodes().item(0));
}

From source file:Main.java

public static void removeContent(Element element) {
    NodeList nodeList = element.getChildNodes();
    while (nodeList.getLength() > 0) {
        element.removeChild(nodeList.item(0));
    }//from   w ww.ja  v a 2s.  c o m

}

From source file:Main.java

public static void deleteFirstElement(Document doc) {
    Element root = doc.getDocumentElement();
    if (root.getFirstChild() instanceof Element) {
        Element child = (Element) root.getFirstChild();
        root.removeChild(child);

    }/*w w w  .j a  va 2s  .co m*/
}

From source file:Utils.java

public static Element findElementAndSetElseCreateAndSet(Document document, Element parent, String child,
        String value) {/*  ww w.  ja v a  2  s  .c o m*/
    NodeList nl = parent.getElementsByTagName(child);
    if (nl.getLength() == 0) {
        parent.appendChild(document.createElement(child));
    }
    Element ret = (Element) parent.getElementsByTagName(child).item(0);
    if (ret.getFirstChild() != null) {
        ret.removeChild(ret.getFirstChild());
    }
    ret.appendChild(document.createTextNode(value));
    return ret;
}

From source file:Main.java

public static void removeAllChildren(Element deps) {
    NodeList childNodes = deps.getChildNodes();

    for (int i = childNodes.getLength() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
        Node item = childNodes.item(i);
        deps.removeChild(item);
    }//from www .j  a va 2  s  .  co m
}