XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[John Cowan <cowan AT ccil.org>]

Mike Colbert scripsit:

> It certainly feels broken.  Now I'm left guessing what methods in nu.xom
> with parameters of type Node actually do when passed an Attribute.  Not
> to mention what methods that return Node or Nodes will ever return
> an Attribute.  A lot of this is easy to guess, but that doesn't save you 
> much
> work when guessing is not enough.

There are plenty of contexts where passing an arbitrary Node won't work:
addChild accepts a Node, but a Document cannot be passed, e.g.

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My confusion is rapidly waxing          John Cowan
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I think I best switch to RELAX NG.