[jdom-interest] Whitespace

[Jeremy Whitlock]

JDOM,
	I’m trying to clear all nodes of a particular type so here is my
code:

Try
{
	SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder();
	InputStream ins =
ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream("testlogins.conf"); // was
dbpirate.conf
	Document doc = builder.build (ins);
	Element rootElement = doc.getRootElement();
	Element connElement = rootElement.getChild("connections");
	List children = connElement.getChildren("connection");
	Iterator iterator = children.iterator();
			
	rootElement.getChildren("connections").clear();
	rootElement.addContent(new Comment("Testing"));
	rootElement.addContent(new Element("connections"));
	try
	{
		XMLOutputter outputter = new XMLOutputter("  ", true);

	
		outputter.output(doc, System.out);
	}
	catch (java.io.IOException e)
	{
		e.printStackTrace();
	}
}

and I get output like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--DBPirate Configuration File-->
<dbpirate>
  
   

  <!--Testing-->
  <connections />
</dbpirate>

You’ll notice about 3 lines of white space before the comment in the
<dbpirate> element.  Is there any way to get rid of this or a better way
to get rid of nodes so that I can keep the white space out?  Thanks,

Jeremy Whitlock --- MCP/MCSA
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