XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Mike Fitzgerald <mikefz AT wyeast.net>]

John Cowan wrote:
> If this is to be done, the question is, how?  Shall detaching an element
> just cause the base URI to be set internally, and leave generating
> xml:base attributes up to the Serializer, or should it actually generate
> an Attribute object at detach time?  I incline to the former.

So upon detachment, an xml:base="{baseURI}" is written on the detached element? 
This would make the baseURI explicit and leave less room for astonishment.

Mike