[jdom-interest] Element.SetChildren question

[Jason Hunter]

Bug.  I have an XXX in the code already regarding this.

-jh-

Bernard D'Have wrote:
> 
> First, many thanks for JDOM api!
> I'm very happy to manipulates XML documents with a java point of view.
> 
> But, I have a question: if I have a List with several elements, I can set
> another element by at least two ways
> A) by looping on the list and addContent method like this:
>   public void test1() {
>     Document doc= new Document(new Element("root"));
>     List l= elements();
>     for (int i= 0; i<l.size(); i++) {
>       doc.getRootElement().addContent((Element)l.get(i));
>     }
>     System.out.println("Test1");
>     list(doc);
>   }
> 
> B) by setChildren
>   public void test2() {
>     Document doc= new Document(new Element("root"));
>     doc.getRootElement().setChildren(elements());
>     System.out.println("Test2");
>     list(doc);
>   }
> 
> But the results are not the same:
> 
> Test1
> Doc:[Document:  No DOCTYPE declaration. Root - [Element: <root/>]]
> Root:[Element: <root/>]
> Childs: one, parent=[Element: <root/>], doc=[Document:  No DOCTYPE
> declaration. Root - [Element: <root/>]]
> two, parent=[Element: <root/>], doc=[Document:  No DOCTYPE declaration.
> Root - [Element: <root/>]]
> 
> Test2
> Doc:[Document:  No DOCTYPE declaration. Root - [Element: <root/>]]
> Root:[Element: <root/>]
> Childs:
> one, parent=null, doc=null
> two, parent=null, doc=null
> 
> If I use the B) alternative, which is much natural, the parent and document
> are null!
> 
> My question: is this a bug or a misundrstand from my part?
> 
> Bernard D'Havé
> Software engineer
> 
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