Removing DOM nodes when traversing a NodeList

Question

I\'m about to delete certain elements in an XML document, using code like the following:

NodeList nodes = ...;
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++)         


        

Answer 1

Old post, but nothing marked as answer. My approach is to iterate from the end, ie

for (int i = nodes.getLength() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
    // do processing, and then
    e.getParentNode().removeChild(e);
}

With this, you needn't worry about the NodeList getting shorter while you delete.