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Santhosh_P's avatar
Santhosh_P
Contributor
8 years ago

How do i remove a node from an xml?

<HomeOwnersContext xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Homesite.Homeowners.ContextModel.Api.Context" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <DisplayOnlyData/>
<QuoteData>
<animalsBitten>false</animalsBitten>
<burglarAlarm>No</burglarAlarm>
<businessOnPremises>false</businessOnPremises>
<totalNumberOfPeople>2</totalNumberOfPeople>
</QuoteData>
<QuoteHeader>
<Channel>Direct_Web</Channel>
<FormCode>3</FormCode>
</QuoteHeader>
</HomeOwnersContext>

 

I wanted to remove "<burglarAlarm>No</burglarAlarm>" from the above xml.

  • groovyguy's avatar
    groovyguy
    8 years ago

    Here's a quick groovy script that'll remove any and all "businessonPremises" nodes:

     

    import groovy.xml.StreamingMarkupBuilder
import groovy.xml.XmlUtil

def xmlString = "YOUR XML TEXT";

def xml = new XmlSlurper(false, false).parseText(xmlString)

xml.businessOnPremises.replaceNode {}

log.info( groovy.xml.XmlUtil.serialize( xml ) )

     

  • groovyguy's avatar
    groovyguy
    Community Hero
    8 years ago

    Your best bet is probably writing a custom groovy script and using that somehow. We may need more details of what your use case is, exactly, so we can better help. 

    • Santhosh_P's avatar
      Santhosh_P
      Contributor
      8 years ago

      I am trying to build an xml dynamically- i have the code to add a node before and after a particular node.

      I don't seem to know how to remove a node by passing the node name.

       

      Ex: In the below xml, i want to remove "businessOnPremises" node

       <HomeOwnersContext xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Homesite.Homeowners.ContextModel.Api.Context" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <DisplayOnlyData/>
      <QuoteData>
      <animalsBitten>false</animalsBitten>
      <burglarAlarm>No</burglarAlarm>
      <businessOnPremises>false</businessOnPremises>
      <totalNumberOfPeople>2</totalNumberOfPeople>
      </QuoteData>
      <QuoteHeader>
      <Channel>Direct_Web</Channel>
      <FormCode>3</FormCode>
      </QuoteHeader>
      </HomeOwnersContext>

       

      • groovyguy's avatar
        groovyguy
        Community Hero
        8 years ago

        There's a few ways to get this done, but I may need more information. What conditions do you need to meet to remove "<businessOnPremises>false</businessOnPremises>"?

         

        What rules are you following to remove these nodes? The answer to that will play a key part in how to handle this.