Here you can find the source of removeAllChildren(Node node)
public static void removeAllChildren(Node node)
//package com.java2s; /*// w ww . j a v a 2s .c o m * Copyright 2010, 2011 Institut Pasteur. * * This file is part of ICY. * * ICY is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * ICY is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with ICY. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { /** * Remove all children from the specified node */ public static void removeAllChildren(Node node) { while (node.hasChildNodes()) node.removeChild(node.getLastChild()); } }