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* creates an empty DOM document

* @return DOM document

*/

public static Document createDocument()

{

Document document = new DocumentImpl();

return document;

}

/**

* creates a DOM document with a top-level element

* @param element top-level element

* @return DOM document

*/

public static Document createDocument(Element element)

{

Document document = createDocument();

Node celement = cloneNode(document,element);

document.appendChild(celement);

return document;

}

/**

* clone a DOM Node in the context of a Document<BR>

* Element.cloneNode() does not work when copying elements

* from one document to another, the clone remains attached

* to original document

* @param document ...