RemoveATableOfContents.java

package com.aspose.words.examples.programming_documents.tableofcontents;

import java.util.ArrayList;

import com.aspose.words.Document;
import com.aspose.words.FieldEnd;
import com.aspose.words.FieldStart;
import com.aspose.words.FieldType;
import com.aspose.words.Node;
import com.aspose.words.NodeType;
import com.aspose.words.examples.Utils;

public class RemoveATableOfContents {

	private static final String dataDir = Utils.getSharedDataDir(RemoveATableOfContents.class) + "TableOfContents/";

	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
		// Open a document which contains a TOC.
		Document doc = new Document(dataDir + "Document.TableOfContents.doc");

		// Remove the first table of contents from the document.
		removeTableOfContents(doc, 0);

		// Save the output.
		doc.save(dataDir + "Document.TableOfContentsRemoveToc_Out.doc");

	}

	/**
	 * Removes the specified table of contents field from the document.
	 *
	 * @param doc
	 *            The document to remove the field from.
	 * @param index
	 *            The zero-based index of the TOC to remove.
	 */
	public static void removeTableOfContents(Document doc, int index) throws Exception {
		// Store the FieldStart nodes of TOC fields in the document for quick access.
		ArrayList<FieldStart> fieldStarts = new ArrayList<FieldStart>();
		// This is a list to store the nodes found inside the specified TOC. They will be removed
		// at the end of this method.
		ArrayList<Node> nodeList = new ArrayList<Node>();

		for (FieldStart start : (Iterable<FieldStart>) doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.FIELD_START, true)) {
			if (start.getFieldType() == FieldType.FIELD_TOC) {
				// Add all FieldStarts which are of type FieldTOC.
				fieldStarts.add(start);
			}
		}

		// Ensure the TOC specified by the passed index exists.
		if (index > fieldStarts.size() - 1)
			throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException("TOC index is out of range");

		boolean isRemoving = true;
		// Get the FieldStart of the specified TOC.
		Node currentNode = fieldStarts.get(index);

		while (isRemoving) {
			// It is safer to store these nodes and delete them all at once later.
			nodeList.add(currentNode);
			currentNode = currentNode.nextPreOrder(doc);

			// Once we encounter a FieldEnd node of type FieldTOC then we know we are at the end
			// of the current TOC and we can stop here.
			if (currentNode.getNodeType() == NodeType.FIELD_END) {
				FieldEnd fieldEnd = (FieldEnd) currentNode;
				if (fieldEnd.getFieldType() == FieldType.FIELD_TOC)
					isRemoving = false;
			}
		}

		// Remove all nodes found in the specified TOC.
		for (Node node : nodeList) {
			node.remove();
		}
	}
}