Java Utililty Methods XML Node Remove

void removeAll(final Node node, final short nodeType, final String name)
Remove named nodes of the specified nodeType from the specified node.

if (node.getNodeType() == nodeType && (name == null || node.getNodeName().equals(name))) {
 node.getParentNode().removeChild(node);
} else {
 final NodeList list = node.getChildNodes();
 for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
 removeAll(list.item(i), nodeType, name);

void removeAll(Node node)
remove All

while (node.getChildNodes().getLength() > 0) {
 node.removeChild(node.getFirstChild());

void removeAll(Node node, short nodeType, String name)
remove All

if (node == null) {
 return; 
if (node.getNodeType() == nodeType && (name == null || node.getNodeName().equals(name))) {
 node.getParentNode().removeChild(node);
} else {
 NodeList list = node.getChildNodes();
 for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
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void removeAll(Node node, short nodeType, String name)
remove All

if (node.getNodeType() == nodeType && (name == null || node.getNodeName().equals(name))) {
 node.getParentNode().removeChild(node);
} else {
 NodeList list = node.getChildNodes();
 for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
 removeAll(list.item(i), nodeType, name);

void removeContents(Node parent)
remove Contents

Node node = parent.getFirstChild();
while (node != null) {
 parent.removeChild(node);
 node = node.getNextSibling();

void removeElement(Element parent, String tagName)
Remove the node from parent

NodeList nl = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
 Node nd = nl.item(i);
 if (nd.getNodeName().equals(tagName)) {
 parent.removeChild(nd);

void removeElements(Node parent, String nature)
Removes all elements with a given nature (as content).

NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
 Node child = children.item(i);
 if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
 if (checkNature(child, nature)) {
 parent.removeChild(child);
 } else {
 removeElements(child, nature);
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void removeElementXML(Node node, short nodeType, String name)
remove Element XML

if (node.getNodeType() == nodeType && (name == null || node.getNodeName().equals(name))) {
 node.getParentNode().removeChild(node);
} else {
 NodeList list = node.getChildNodes();
 for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
 removeElementXML(list.item(i), nodeType, name);

void removeEmptyHeadings(Node root)
remove Empty Headings

NodeList hNodes = ((Element) root).getElementsByTagName("text:h");
for (int i = 0; i < hNodes.getLength(); i++) {
 Node node = hNodes.item(i);
 if (node.getChildNodes().getLength() > 0) {
 boolean empty = true;
 for (int j = 0; j < node.getChildNodes().getLength(); j++) {
 if (!node.getChildNodes().item(j).getTextContent().trim().equals("")) {
 empty = false;
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void removeEmptyHeadings(Node root)
Remove empty text:h elements.

NodeList hNodes = ((Element) root).getElementsByTagName("text:h");
for (int i = 0; i < hNodes.getLength(); i++) {
 Node node = hNodes.item(i);
 if (node.getChildNodes().getLength() > 0) {
 boolean empty = true;
 for (int j = 0; j < node.getChildNodes().getLength(); j++) {
 if (!node.getChildNodes().item(j).getTextContent().trim().equals("")) {
 empty = false;
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