package com.simpligility.maven.plugins.android.common;
   
   import org.w3c.dom.Document;
   import org.w3c.dom.Element;
   import org.w3c.dom.Node;
   import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
   
   /**
    * Yet another helper class for dealing with XML.
   */
  public class XmlHelper
  {
  
      public static void removeDirectChildren( Node parent )
      {
          NodeList childNodes = parent.getChildNodes();
          while ( childNodes.getLength() > 0 )
          {
              parent.removeChild( childNodes.item( 0 ) );
          }
      }
  
      public static Element getOrCreateElement( Document doc, Element manifestElement, String elementName )
      {
          NodeList nodeList = manifestElement.getElementsByTagName( elementName );
          Element element = null;
          if ( nodeList.getLength() == 0 )
          {
              element = doc.createElement( elementName );
              manifestElement.appendChild( element );
          }
          else
          {
              element = ( Element ) nodeList.item( 0 );
          }
          return element;
      }
  }