[jdom-interest] delete element from xml file

Laurent Bihanic laurent.bihanic at atosorigin.com
Mon Dec 15 15:14:31 PST 2008


Hi,

You should not iterate on children and modify the content directly on the 
element at the same time.
In your for() loop, use i.remove() to remove the current element.

Laurent


meriem bessais a écrit :
> *I want to delete an element from xml-file. this is my code but the file 
> dosen't change when I test it.*
> 
> *public* *static* String supp(){
>             *try*{
>             /racine/=/document/.getRootElement();
>             Element rac=/racine/.getChild("voitures");
>                List   listelt = rac.getChildren();
>                   *int* ok=1;
>                Iterator i = listelt.iterator();
>              *while*(i.hasNext()&& ok==1)
>            {
>                Element courrent = (Element)i.next();
>                *if* 
> (courrent.getAttribute("immatricule").getValue().equals("8345 tU 125")){
>                    System./out/.println(" 
> "+courrent.getAttribute("immatricule").getValue());
>                      //Element free = (Element)courrent.detach();
>                     System./out/.println(rac.getName());
> 
>                     rac.removeContent(courrent);
>                      ok=0;
>                      //courrent.removeChild(couleur);
>                      System./out/.println("supprimé");
>                }
>            }}*catch*(Exception e){*return* e.getMessage();}


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