代码示例：（标识：xdom_removechild）
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/static/demo/html/js/loadxmldoc.js">
</script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
//检查最后一个节点是否是元素节点
function get_lastchild(n)
{
var x=n.lastChild;
while (x.nodeType!=1)
{
x=x.previousSibling;
}
return x;
}
xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("/static/demo/xml/books.xml");
document.write("book 节点的数目：");
document.write(xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book').length);
document.write("<br />");
var lastNode=get_lastchild(xmlDoc.documentElement);
var delNode=xmlDoc.documentElement.removeChild(lastNode);
document.write("removeChild() 方法执行后 book 节点的数目：");
document.write(xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book').length);
</script>
</body>
</html>
