XOM API for Processing XML with Java

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

At 10:49 AM -0400 5/4/03, John Cowan wrote:


> I'm neutral on whether you should have this method, but if you do,
> the natural name is prependChild, which is nicely symmetrical with
> appendChild.  Mundane English dictionaries don't contain this word, but its
> Latinity is impeccable, and the Jargon File already lists it at
> http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/prepend.html .


I hadn't heard that word before, but it does sound better. I think 
most programmers will understand it immediately in context by analogy 
with appendChild.
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Elliotte Rusty Harold
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Processing XML with Java (Addison-Wesley, 2002)
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