XmlCleaner

Cleans XML files (in place), by removing all elements (and their children), that have a specific attribute with a value matching the given pattern.

Formatting of the files is kept/unchanged.

Build

mvn clean install

Usage

Usage: java -jar xmlcleaner-*-jar-with-dependencies.jar [options] files/directories
  Options:
    --attribute, -a
      XML attribute name.
      Default: rev
    --attribute-only, -ao
      Remove only matched attribute (instead of complete node/element).
      Default: false
    --help
      Display usage.
    --matcher, -m
      Attribute value matcher (regex).
      Default: 1[45]\.\d+(?:\.\d+)?d.*

Known issues

1. Might remove last <li> without removing parent <ul>. Results in invalid XML.
2. Might remove child objects, where the parent element is not valid (w.r.t XML schema) without this child. This is the generalization of #1.