Groovy删除XMLSlurper中的标记，replaceNode{}不做任何操作

我正在用XMLSlurper（groovy 1.7.4）解析一些XML，我需要删除一个标记（不要使其为空！）。下面是一个示例代码：

import groovy.xml.StreamingMarkupBuilder

def CAR_RECORDS = '''
    <records>
      <car name='HSV Maloo' make='Holden' year='2006'>
        <country>Australia</country>
        <record type='speed'>Production Pickup Truck with speed of 271kph</record>
      </car>
      <car name='P50' make='Peel' year='1962'>
        <country>Isle of Man</country>
        <record type='size'>Smallest Street-Legal Car at 99cm wide and 59 kg in weight</record>
      </car>
      <car name='Royale' make='Bugatti' year='1931'>
        <country>France</country>
        <record type='price'>Most Valuable Car at $15 million</record>
      </car>
    </records>
  '''

def records = new XmlSlurper().parseText(CAR_RECORDS)
def allRecords = records.car
assert 3 == allRecords.size()

def firstRecord = records.car[0]
assert 'car' == firstRecord.name()
println 'country before: ' + firstRecord.'country'.text()
firstRecord.'country'.replaceNode {}

println 'country after: ' + firstRecord.'country'.text()

在XMLSlurper中，没有firstRecord.remove（'country'）

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我真的很困惑。这是一件显而易见的事情…

如果在调用replaceNode后从Slurper打印XML，那么：

import groovy.xml.XmlUtil

// ... your code here, followed by: ...

println XmlUtil.serialize(new StreamingMarkupBuilder().bind {
  mkp.yield records
} )

国家/地区节点似乎已消失：

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<records>
  <car name="HSV Maloo" year="2006" make="Holden">
    <record type="speed">Production Pickup Truck with speed of 271kph</record>
  </car>
  <car name="P50" year="1962" make="Peel">
    <country>Isle of Man</country>
    <record type="size">Smallest Street-Legal Car at 99cm wide and 59 kg in weight</record>
  </car>
  <car name="Royale" year="1931" make="Bugatti">
    <country>France</country>
    <record type="price">Most Valuable Car at $15 million</record>
  </car>
</records>

速度为271公里/小时的生产皮卡车
马恩岛
最小的街道合法车辆，99厘米宽，59公斤重
法国
价值1500万美元的最有价值汽车

XMLSlurper在需要时才对基础XML进行更改。当XMlSlurper进行必要的更改并输出结果时，可以使用StreamingMarkupBuilder对其进行序列化

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<records>
  <car name="HSV Maloo" year="2006" make="Holden">
    <record type="speed">Production Pickup Truck with speed of 271kph</record>
  </car>
  <car name="P50" year="1962" make="Peel">
    <country>Isle of Man</country>
    <record type="size">Smallest Street-Legal Car at 99cm wide and 59 kg in weight</record>
  </car>
  <car name="Royale" year="1931" make="Bugatti">
    <country>France</country>
    <record type="price">Most Valuable Car at $15 million</record>
  </car>
</records>