Remove all children element from XML Element - Java XML

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Remove all children element from XML Element

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Remove all childs element from {@code el}
     * @param el element that contains unnecessary children.
     */
    public static void removeChildren(Element el) {
        while (el.getChildNodes().getLength() > 0) {
            el.removeChild(el.getChildNodes().item(0));
        }
    }
}

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