--- a/artifacts-common/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifacts/common/utils/XMLUtils.java	Fri Oct 07 15:32:58 2011 +0000
+++ b/artifacts-common/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifacts/common/utils/XMLUtils.java	Mon Oct 10 07:37:06 2011 +0000
@@ -60,15 +60,13 @@
  */
 public final class XMLUtils
 {
-    /**
-     * W3C URL of XForms
-     */
+    /** W3C URL of XForms. */
     public static final String XFORM_URL    = "http://www.w3.org/2002/xforms";
-    /**
-     * W3C prefix of XForms
-     */
+
+    /** W3C prefix of XForms. */
     public static final String XFORM_PREFIX = "xform";
 
+    /** Logger for this class. */
     private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(XMLUtils.class);
 
     private XMLUtils() {
@@ -80,17 +78,13 @@
      */
     public static class ElementCreator
     {
-        /**
-         * owner document of the elements to be created
-         */
+        /** Owner document of the elements to be created. */
         protected Document document;
-        /**
-         * namespace to be used
-         */
+
+        /** Namespace to be used. */
         protected String   ns;
-        /**
-         * prefix to be used
-         */
+
+        /** Prefix to be used. */
         protected String   prefix;
 
         /**
@@ -184,27 +178,14 @@
      * @param element element to inspect in string.
      * @return string with xml representation of element.
      */
-    public final static String toString(Element element) {
+    public final static String toString(Node node) {
         Document doc = newDocument();
-        doc.appendChild(doc.importNode(element,true));
+        doc.appendChild(doc.importNode(node,true));
         return toString(doc);
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * Creates xml/string representation of node (nested in otherwise empty
-     * document).
-     * @param element element to inspect in string.
-     * @return string with xml representation of element.
-     */
-    public final static String toString(Node node) {
-        Document doc = newDocument();
-        doc.importNode(node, true);
-        return toString(doc);
-    }
-     
-
-    /**
      * Loads a XML document namespace aware from a file
      * @param file The file to load.
      * @return the XML document or null if something went wrong