[dom4j-user] Element.createCopy() root problem

[David Thielen]

Hi;   Element.createCopy() is not handling XPath as I would expect - it won't accept a "/base" as an argument - it requires "./base"   The code:   public class Dom4jTest {    public static void main(String[] args) throws DocumentException {     System.out.println("starting");     Document document = DocumentHelper.parseText("<root><first><last>dave</last></first></root>");   System.out.println("document = " + document);     Node node = document.selectSingleNode("/root/first");   System.out.println("node = " + node);   System.out.println("str = " + node.valueOf("/root/first/last"));     Element elem = (Element) node;   System.out.println("elem = " + elem);     elem = elem.createCopy();   System.out.println("new elem = " + elem);   System.out.println("new parent = " + elem.getParent());   System.out.println("str = " + elem.valueOf("/last"));   System.out.println("str = " + elem.valueOf("./last"));     System.out.println("all done");  } }   produces: starting document = [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Document: name null] node = [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Element: <first attributes: []/>] str = dave elem = [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Element: <first attributes: []/>] new elem = [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Element: <first attributes: []/>] new parent = null str =                             <*************** this should return dave!!!!! str = dave all done   help - thanks - dave