XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[luca <passani AT eunet.no>]

Hallo, I needed to manipulate the OM this time :)

I am using this code to copy an element to be appended somewhere else:

Element new_element = (Element)someElementList.get(k).copy();

I understand that I could use:

Element new_element = new Element(someElementList.get(k));

is there any reason to prefer one over the other performance or semantic-wise?

any pitfalls?

thanks

Luca