[jdom-interest] Ideas for API changes

[Jason Hunter]

Tom Bradford wrote:
> 
> Jason Hunter wrote:
> > Because that makes the public API about 50% more complex for almost no
> > gain.
> 
> How would it be any more complex than it already is?  

Because then the developer has to learn what these new interfaces do. 
The more classes and interfaces in an API, the more complicated it is to
learn.

> The marker
> interfaces would never have to be exposed to developers, 

They're there when they read the Javadocs!!  Plus, when a developer
looks for an addContent(ProcessingInstruction) method they won't find
it.  They have to know PI is an ElementChild.  They shouldn't have to
know that or think about that.

-jh-