XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu>]

While clearing out some old TODO items, I noticed one interesting idea. 
Should there be a prefixChild() method in ParentNode to complement 
appendChild()? That is,

public void prefixChild(Node child)

This would insert a new Node at the beginning of the parent's list 
rather than the end. I got this idea because I noticeds that in my 
sample code, 9 times out of 10 when parent.insertChild(n, node) is 
called, n is equal to 0.

The downside is twofold:

1. It's an extra method that doesn't due anything that's all that hard 
to do now, and you know how I hate those. :-)

2. For some reason, "prefixChild" just doesn't sound as natural to me as 
"appendChild". It's not immediately obvious what this method does from 
the name. insertAtBeginning is too cumbersome. insert(Node) does not 
make it obvious that the insertion takes place at the beginning of the 
list. Perhaps if anyone could suggest a better name for this method, it 
might be more palatable.

Thoughts?

--
Elliotte