XOM API for Processing XML with Java

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

> Hello,
>
> NodeFactory provides a very convenient mechanism for building documents
> using application-specific subclasses of Element.  Two Element/Node methods
> which I'd like to override to create usable subclasses, detach() and copy(),
> are currently declared final.  Is there any possibility that these can be
> changed to non-final in a future release?

You're going to have to provide a convincing use-case for that if you 
want me to consider it.
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  Elliotte Rusty Harold
  elharo AT metalab.unc.edu
  Processing XML with Java (Addison-Wesley, 2002)
  http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/xmljava
  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0201771861/cafeaulaitA