On Wed, 12 Jul 2000 16:40:39 +0100, "James Davies" <J.Davies at jacobus.co.uk> said: James> +1 on returning a null. James> (And adding a boolean hasChild() method). Not contributor (yet :) so I won't vote, but: If boolean hasChild() is added, a boolean hasAttribute() is also probably a good idea. //Petri