[jdom-interest] getChild() vs. getChildElements()

[James Todd]

Jason Hunter wrote:

<snip/>

> With
> getChildElement() the method I would use most would have to be named
> getChildElementTextTrim() and about the 10th time I call that method in
> a row (since you call these accessor methods a lot) I'm going to get as
> fed up with JDOM as I was with DOM.  Well, maybe not *that* annoyed, but
> close.  :-)

oh my ... i see your concern.

<appologies for not diving into the api in detail yet again/>

is is possible to push the "textTrim" and the likes to a helper/util
class vs mondo long and overloaded method names and
perhaps functionality?

- james