XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Rebel Geek <rebel.geek AT gmail.com>]

Hi All,

I'm curious to know the reason why Node does not have ParentNode  
functionality like addNode/addChild, etc. since it has getChild?  
Perhaps there is a way of doing what I want with the current API, but  
it's not very obvious to me...

I need to locate a Node with an XPath query. After which, I will use  
that Node to append new child Nodes to it. I want to avoid casting if  
possible. What is the XOM de facto approach to this?

Thanks,

Rebel Geek