XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[jason mazzotta <jazzdman AT comcast.net>]

Hi,
	Ultimately, I'm trying to transform e-mail messages from one form into 
XML.  I can (and do in other parts of my app) express what I'm looking 
for with XPaths.  The tree for what my XML document would look 
something like this :

                                                             e-mail
                                                        |
                                                    mailboxes
                                                        |
                        ...                         mailbox                   
  ....
                                                                |             
|
                                              messages    id    
                                                    |
                ...                           message                       
...
                                                   |
                                To From Date Subject Content                  
                  
	I was looking for a way to more quickly get to a particular message to 
move it, or a particular mailbox to add or remove it.  However, if I 
understand what I've read so far, while using a StreamingPathFilter 
would get me where I want to go faster, I would want to then serialize 
not just the change but the rest of the document as well.   So, I'd 
need to build the DOM for the entire document anyways.



On Mar 25, 2005, at 3:13 PM, Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote:

> What is the condition by which you identify the element you want to 
> keep? e.g. can you express it as an XPath? Or can you show  simplified 
> example that shows what you want to keep and what you want to throw 
> away?
>
> You might need to do what you suggest, by I bet there's a much easier 
> way. However, without knowing your full use case I can't really tell.
>
>
> --
> Elliotte Rusty Harold  elharo AT metalab.unc.edu
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