XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Wolfgang Hoschek <whoschek AT lbl.gov>]

On Aug 16, 2004, at 10:59 AM, Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote:

> I find both code fragments you sent equally opaque. I do not see that 
> method chaining makes this any better.
>
> Bottom line: I'm sorry but method chaining just offends my aesthetic 
> sensibility. It's not going to happen.

appendChild(String text) is already a convenience method that does not 
provide any functionality that could be achieved otherwise.
What is it intended for?
Unfortunately said convenience method actually doesn't provide 
convenience for the common case i outlined, and so if the chaining 
isn't going to happen the entire method might as well not be there as 
far as i'm concerned.

As an aside, even though it amounts to the same thing, the logical 
implementation of the current behaviour would be

    public void appendChild(String text) {
        appendChild(new Text(text));
    }

instead of

    public void appendChild(String text) {
        insertChild(new Text(text), getChildCount());
    }