public String convertDocumentToString(Document doc) {
    String stringDocument;

    XMLOutputter outputter = new XMLOutputter();
    stringDocument = outputter.outputString(doc.getRootElement());

    return stringDocument;
  }

JDOM works exactly as it is supposed to.

You have "text" between <Orange/> and <Green/> even if it contains only
whitespaces and newlines.

Which format have you used for the Outputter?

Søren Faltz wrote:
> Document before
>
> <xml>
>   <type>
>     <Orange/>
>     <Green/>
>   </type>
> </xml>
>
> I then call objElementType.removeChild("Green");
>
> and my xml looks like this
>
> <xml>
>   <type>
>     <Orange/>
>
>   </type>
> </xml>
>
>
>
> but i want it to look like this
>
> <xml>
>   <type>
>     <Orange/>
>   </type>
> </xml>
>
> 2006/12/12, Victor Toni <victor.toni@ebuconnect.de
> <mailto:victor.toni@ebuconnect.de >>:
>
>     Søren Faltz wrote:
>     > When I use the removechild method, an empty line occurs in the Jdom
>     > document, how do I avoid this empty line???
>
>     Providing a simply test case might prove useful.
>
>     Kindest regards,
>     Victor
>
>
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