while (element.hasChildNodes()) {
            element.removeChild(element.getFirstChild())
        }
        element.appendChild(element.ownerDocument.createTextNode(value))
    }

    public static void setChildren(Node element, Closure cl) {
        while (element.hasChildNodes()) {
            element.removeChild(element.getFirstChild())
        }
        leftShift(element, cl)
    }

        stack.addFirst(element);
    }

    public Element pop() {
        Element element = stack.removeFirst();
        if (emptyPara(element)) {
            element.getParentNode().removeChild(element);
        }
        return element;
    }

    private boolean emptyPara(Element element) {
        if (!element.getTagName().equals("para")) {
            return false;
        }

        for (int i = 1; i < header.size(); i++) {
            Element element = header.get(i);
            Element override = findChild(element, "overrides");
            if (override != null) {
                element.removeChild(override);
                inheritedValueTitleMapping.put(override.getTextContent(), element);
            }
            Node firstChild = element.getFirstChild();
            if (firstChild instanceof Text) {