[jdom-interest] Beta5 candidate

[Jason Hunter]

> Could I get the serialization changes in? If so, how? I haven't 
> had time to write a test-suite but it does work, I get the same 
> trees out that I serialize.

Well, I wouldn't want to hold up beta5 for those changes.  We're simply
too desperate to have a new milestone.  On the other hand, getting them
into beta5 gives us an opportunity to test how well we migrate to
beta6.  Exactly how far along are you?  How substantial is the patch?

-jh-