XOM API for Processing XML with Java

["Michael Fitzgerald" <mike AT wyeast.net>]

Also, hasChildren() could go to Element. If Document has no Element child,
you have no document anyway.

-Mike

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:xom-interest-admin AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Elliotte Rusty
> Harold
> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 1:09 PM
> To: xom-interest
> Subject: [XOM-interest] Convenience methods for adding text in
> ParentNode
>
>
> ParentNode contains a couple of methods that automatically convert a
> String to a text node; e.g.
>
>      public final void insertChild(int position, String text) {
>      public final void appendChild(String text) {
>
> It occurred to me that since you can't actually add a text node to a
> Document, perhaps these should be pushed down to Element instead.
> Thoughts?
>
> The real question is whether there's any use-case that requires
> adding text content to a node whose type is known only as ParentNode.
> Off the top of my head I can't think of one; and even if there is, it
> still be possible to do parent.appendChild(new Text("some string"))
>
>
> --
> Elliotte
>
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