[jdom-interest] Why no removeAllContent()?

[Steven D. Keens]

But that only removes all child Elements.  It doesn't remove CDATA, PI, etc.

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ted Erickson [mailto:ted at longhairtech.com]
>Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 11:37
>To: 'Steven D. Keens'
>Subject: RE: [jdom-interest] Why no removeAllContent()?
>
>
>Um, I use Element.removeChildren() to remove all children.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: jdom-interest-admin at jdom.org
>[mailto:jdom-interest-admin at jdom.org]On Behalf Of Steven D. Keens
>Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 7:06 AM
>To: jdom-interest
>Subject: [jdom-interest] Why no removeAllContent()?
>
>
>Just a quick question:
>There are several remove...() methods but not one to clear all of the
>children.  I understand I can do it with setContent( null ) but that's not
>quite as clear as removeAllContent() or clear().  So why is there no
>removeAllContent() method?
>
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>Steven Keens                mailto:skeens at planetfred.com
>Planetfred Inc.             http://www.planetfred.com
>44 Byward Market, Suite 240, Ottawa, ON, K1N 7A2, Canada
>
>The most exciting phrase in science, the one which heralds
>new discoveries, is not "Eureka!", but "That's funny!"
>                       -- Issac Asimov
>
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