Remove Trailing Entries

<..remove trailing non-content entries ..>

if (node.hasChildNodes()) {
    mtr = node.getLastChild();
    while( mtr != null){
       if( mtr.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE ){
          if (mtr.hasChildNodes()) {
            mtd = mtr.getLastChild();
            int count = 0;
            while( mtd != null){
              if( mtd.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE ){
                 count++;
                 d = mtd.getFirstChild();
                 if( d != null ){
                    <.remove mspace-only content .>
                 }
                 if( d != null ){
                    <.remove d, if white space text .>
              }  }
              d = mtd;
              mtd = mtd.getPreviousSibling();
              <.remove d, if white space text .>
              if( (d != null)
                   && (d.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) ){
                <.remove d, if trailing and childless node .>
                if( d == null ){ count--; }
            } }
            if( count > cols ){ cols = count; }
       } }
       d = mtr;
       mtr = mtr.getPreviousSibling();
       <.remove d, if white space text .>
       if( d != null ){
          <.remove d, if trailing and childless node .>
}  }  }

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<..remove d, if white space text ..>

if(
     (d.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE)
     && d.getNodeValue().trim().equals("")
){
     d.getParentNode().removeChild(d);
     d = null;
}

-_-_-

<..remove d, if trailing and childless node ..>

if( (d.getNextSibling()==null)
     && (d.getFirstChild()==null)  ){
    d.getParentNode().removeChild(d);
    d = null;
}

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7.3 Remove Trailing Entries