XOM API for Processing XML with Java

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

Wolfgang Hoschek wrote:
> Here is a small optimization to Element.getValue(), with a fast path  
> for cases where an element has one and only one Text child:
>
>     public final String getValue() {
>
>         // non-recursive algorithm avoids stack size limitations
>         if (this.getChildCount() == 0) return "";
>         Node current = this.getChild(0);
>         if (this.getChildCount() == 1 && current.isText()) return  
> current.getValue(); // WH fast path
>         StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer(); // WH
>         int index = 0;
>         ...
>     }

Sounds reasonable. I don't think this will hurt anything, and it's easy 
enough to do.


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