removeChild problem

[Peter Vanopulos <pe...@pivod.com>]

Hi All,
 
 
I am using Xerces-J version 2.2.1 and having a weird issue with the
removeChild() method:
 
            Document doc = ..... populated with xml...
 
First I start by printing out the contents of the "Document doc"...
 
       try {                                   
            OutputFormat    format  = new OutputFormat( doc );
//Serialize DOM
            StringWriter  stringOut = new StringWriter();
//Writer will be a String
            XMLSerializer    serial = new XMLSerializer( stringOut,
format );
            serial.asDOMSerializer();                            // As a
DOM Serializer
            serial.serialize( doc.getDocumentElement() );
            System.out.println( stringOut.toString() );
        } catch ( Exception ex ) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
 
Now I try and delete a specific node....
 
            NodeList nl = doc.getElementsByTagName("service");
for ( int i=0; i<nl.getLength(); i++ ) {  //goes through all the service
nodes
                        Node e2 = nl.item(i);
                        Element e = (Element)nl.item(i);
                        NamedNodeMap nnm = e.getAttributes();
                        for ( int j=0; j<nnm.getLength(); j++ ) {
//goes through service nodes attributes
                                    if (
nnm.item(j).getNodeName().equals("name") &&
nnm.item(j).getNodeValue().equals(serviceName)) {
                                                try {
                                                            Node
deletedNode = e2.getParentNode().removeChild( e2 );
 
If I try and look at the "Document doc", my deleted node is still there?
 
       try {                                   
            OutputFormat    format  = new OutputFormat( doc );
//Serialize DOM
            StringWriter  stringOut = new StringWriter();
//Writer will be a String
            XMLSerializer    serial = new XMLSerializer( stringOut,
format );
            serial.asDOMSerializer();                            // As a
DOM Serializer
            serial.serialize( doc.getDocumentElement() );
            System.out.println( stringOut.toString() );
        } catch ( Exception ex ) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
 
 
Is this a bug with the version I am using? 
Am I doing something incorrectly? 
 
Suggests much appreciated.
 
Thanks,
 
 
Peter Vanopulos * Programmer * PIVoD Technologies
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