Processing XML with Java™: A Guide to SAX, DOM, JDOM, JAXP, and TrAX

Talking to DOM Programs

JDOM is not an acronym. It does not stand for “Java Document Object Model.” JDOM is not directly compatible with DOM (which is an acronym for Document Object Model). That is to say, a JDOM Element is not a DOM Element. The JDOM Element class does not implement the DOM Element interface. JDOM's Element class has methods that the DOM Element interface does not have and vice versa. You cannot pass a JDOM Element to a method that expects a DOM Element or a DOM Element to a method that expects a JDOM Element. The same is true for the JDOM Document class and the DOM Document interface, the JDOM Attribute class and the DOM Attr interface, the JDOM ProcessingInstruction class and the DOM ProcessingInstruction interface, and so ...