Method empty

modules/tinymce/src/core/main/ts/api/html/Node.ts:468–491

* Removes all children of the current node. * * @method empty * @return {tinymce.html.Node} The current node that got cleared.

()

   * @return {tinymce.html.Node} The current node that got cleared.
   */
  public empty(): AstNode {
    const self = this;

    // Remove all children
    if (self.firstChild) {
      const nodes = [];

      // Collect the children
      for (let node: AstNode | null | undefined = self.firstChild; node; node = walk(node, self)) {
        nodes.push(node);
      }

      // Remove the children
      let i = nodes.length;
      while (i--) {
        const node = nodes[i];
        node.parent = node.firstChild = node.lastChild = node.next = node.prev = null;
      }
    }

    self.firstChild = self.lastChild = null;

    return self;
  }

  /**
   * Returns true/false if the node is to be considered empty or not.