Remove paragraph

The example shows you how to find paragraph with the specified text and remove paragraph's content.

import com.independentsoft.office.word.IParagraphContent;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.IRunContent;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Paragraph;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Run;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Text;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.WordDocument;

public class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try
        {          
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument("c:\\test\\input.docx");
            
            for(int i=0; i < doc.getBody().getContent().size(); i++)
            {
              if(doc.getBody().getContent().get(i) instanceof Paragraph)
              {
                 Paragraph paragraph = (Paragraph)doc.getBody().getContent().get(i);
                 
                   String paragraphText = "";
                   
                    for(IParagraphContent pContent : paragraph.getContent())
                    {
                       if(pContent instanceof Run)
                       {
                         Run run = (Run)pContent;
                                               
                         for(IRunContent rContent : run.getContent())
                         {
                             if(rContent instanceof Text)
                             {
                                Text text = (Text)rContent;
                                paragraphText += text.getValue();
                             }
                         }
                       }
                    }
                        
                  if(paragraphText.toLowerCase().indexOf("remove me") > -1)
                  {
                     paragraph.getContent().clear();
                  }
              }
            }
            
            doc.save("c:\\test\\output.docx", true);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

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