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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I wondered why not to have simpler mean of XML tree traversing,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">by defining the following methods:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Element getFirstChild(); - returns first child element or null</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Element getNextSibling(); - returns next sibling element or null</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">and possibly:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Element getPrevSibling();</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">That would be more easier to use than getChildren(),</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">with no memory overhead (no List allocation),</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">especially when traversing the whole tree, which is my</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">case ( I need to process each node in the tree).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Is it good idea ? </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I guess there might be problem when modifying XML</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">document during traverse.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">What do you think ?</FONT>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Stm.</FONT>
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