XOM API for Processing XML with Java

["Kevin S. Clarke" <ksclarke AT gmail.com>]

writeNamespaceDeclarations(Element) in Serializer

Is there a reason why the Element supplied to this method must have a
parent?  I'd like to be able to pass in a top-level element that
doesn't have a parent.

I can get around the requirement by creating a Document to give the
element to, but since I'm streaming out something that is being
converted to XML on the fly I don't need the Document for any other
purpose other than to prevent the NPE from being thrown.

Thanks, Kevin