XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Perry.Hoekstra AT mpls.frb.org]

Hello all:

I am attempting to render an XML document received through a messaging 
system into a Java object graph.  My difficulty in an element that is 
Base64 encoded.  I paddled around through the XOM API and the samples but 
could not figure a clear cut direction on how to render the element into a 
byte[] array using XOM.  My first assumption is to use the Serializer 
class along the lines of the following psuedocode:

Element t_base64Element = 
someParentElement.getFirstChildElement("base64Data");

ByteArrayOutputStream t_byteArrayOutputStream = new 
ByteArrayOutputStream();

Serializer t_serializer = new Serializer(new ByteArrayOutputStream());

t_serializer.write(t_base64Element);

byte[] t_base64Data = t_byteArrayOutputStream.toByteArray();

However, the write() method is protected for Element. Am I way off base on 
the proper use of the API or am I just missing a small piece?

Thank you,

Perry Hoekstra
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> I am attempting to render an XML document received through a=20
> messaging system into a Java object graph.  My difficulty in=20
> an element that is
> Base64 encoded.  I paddled around through the XOM API and the=20
> samples but could not figure a clear cut direction on how to=20
> render the element into a byte[] array using XOM.  My first=20
> assumption is to use the Serializer class along the lines of=20
> the following psuedocode:
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> Element t_base64Element =3D
> someParentElement.getFirstChildElement("base64Data");

Isn't this as simple as:
byte[] content =3D t_base64Element.getValue().getBytes("US-ASCII");

mark