Question

How to remove XML nodes in Java SE? I am using org.apache.xerces. Thanks. The below code isn’t working.

DOMParser parser = new DOMParser();
System.out.println(DIR_STRING + "/" + jmsFileNameString);
parser.parse(DIR_STRING + "/" + jmsFileNameString);
Document doc = parser.getDocument();
NodeList list = doc.getElementsByTagName("*");
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    if (list.item(i).getNodeName().matches(HEADER_REGEXP)) {
        list.item(i).getParentNode().removeChild(list.item(i)));
    }
}

Answer 1

It does work; however, it doesn’t save to the XML file. The changes are saved in the Document object.

To save to the Document object in a file:

    OutputFormat of = new OutputFormat("XML","UTF-8",true);
    XMLSerializer serializer = new XMLSerializer();
    serializer.setOutputFormat(of);
    serializer.setOutputByteStream(new FileOutputStream(PATH));
    serializer.serialize(doc);