XOM API for Processing XML with Java

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

Wolfgang Hoschek wrote:

> Node.java:
>
>     private ParentNode parent = null;
>     int parentPosition = -1; // WH
>
> ParentNode.java:
>
>     final void fastInsertChild(Node child, int position) {
>         if (children == null) children = new ArrayList(1);
>         if (position == children.size())
>                children.add(child);
>         else
>                children.add(position, child);
> //        children.add(position, child);
>         child.setParent(this);
>         child.parentPosition = position; // WH
>     }


Wouldn't this be required to update all subsequent nodes? i.e. when you 
insert a node in the middle of an element, you'd have to change the 
parent position of not just the inserted node but everything that 
follows it in its parents? or am I missing something here?

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