Java Remove empty XML tags

Question

I\'m looking for a simple Java snippet to remove empty tags from a (any) XML structure

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Answer 1

As a side note: The different states of a tag actually have meaning:

• Open-Closed Tag: The element exists and its value is an empty string
• Single-Tag: The element exists, but the value is null or nil
• Missing Tag: The element does not exist

So, by removing empty Open-Closed tags and Single-Tags, you're merging them with the group of missing tags and thus lose information.