IBM Content Manager, Version 8.5

Removing contents from a folder: Java™

To remove the contents from a folder:

Check out the folder DDO from which you want to remove an item.
```
dsICM.checkOut(ddoFolder);
```

Look for the item to remove by creating an an iterator to iterate through the folder's content. In this case, look for the docItem DDO created earlier.

dkIterator iter = dkFolder.createIterator();
String itemPidString = ddoItem.getPidObject().pidString();
while(iter.more()) {
// Move the pointer to next element and return that object. 
// Compare the PID trings of the DDO returned from the iterator 
// with the DDO that is to be removed.
   DKDDO ddo =(DKDDO)iter.next();
   if(ddo.getPidObject().pidString().equals(itemPidString)) {
      // The item to be removed is found. 
      // Remove it (current element in the iterator)
      dkFolder.removeElementAt(iter);
   }
}

Persist the change and check in the folder DDO.
```
ddoFolder.update();
dsICM.checkIn(ddoFolder);
```

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