newbie - Downcasting problem

[Troels Rossing]

Hi   I’am trying to correct my code to follow the new C++ binding architechture.   I have a DOMElement node that represents a pointer to where I am in the DOM tree (nessesary since this is part of an interface for a script-language). This is how I did it in the old version :   DOMElement m_LoadActiveNode;//(defined as a class member variable)   DOMNode tmpNode;   tmpNode = m_LoadActiveNode.getPreviousSibling();   if(tmpNode!=NULL)   {      m_LoadActiveNode = (DOMElement &)tmpNode;   }     In the new 2.0.1, the m_LoadActiveNode is a pointer and not an instantiated object, thus the downcast does not work. How do I solve this problem???     I need something to hold a pointer to a node in the tree, since the DOM interface is to be accessible from a scriptlanguage.   e.g.   scriptXMLsetFirstChild(); str = scriptXMLgetNodeName();   Any ideas of how to do the downcast or any other way to maintain a DOMtree pointer as a class member variable would be very welcome.     Regards     Troels Rossing   www.Qualiware.com