import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Utils { /** * */ public static void moveContent(Element from, Element to) { // lets move the child nodes across NodeList childNodes = from.getChildNodes(); while (childNodes.getLength() > 0) { Node node = childNodes.item(0); from.removeChild(node); to.appendChild(node); } } }