--- a/flys-client/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/client/server/meta/Converter.java	Wed Aug 08 07:00:52 2012 +0000
+++ b/flys-client/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/client/server/meta/Converter.java	Wed Aug 08 08:11:43 2012 +0000
@@ -62,25 +62,7 @@
         }
     } // I18NConverter
 
-    private static Map<String, NodeConverter> converters;
-
-    protected void convertChildren(DataCageNode parent, Element sub) {
-        //System.err.println("convertChildren called");
-        NodeList children = sub.getChildNodes();
-        for (int i = 0, N = children.getLength(); i < N; ++i) {
-            Node child = children.item(i);
-            if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
-                String name = child.getLocalName();
-                NodeConverter converter = converters.get(name);
-                if (converter == null) {
-                    converter = I18N_CONVERTER;
-                }
-                DataCageNode son = converter.convert(
-                    (Element)child, this);
-                parent.addChild(son);
-            }
-        } // for all children
-    }
+    private static Map<String, NodeConverter> converters = new HashMap<String, NodeConverter>();
 
     public static final NodeConverter NAME_CONVERTER = new NameConverter();
     public static final NodeConverter I18N_CONVERTER = new I18NConverter();
@@ -92,15 +74,16 @@
         converters.put("column",     NAME_CONVERTER);
     }
 
+
+    /** Trivial constructor. */
     public Converter() {
-        converters = new HashMap<String, NodeConverter>();
     }
 
+
     public DataCageTree convert(Document document) {
         logger.debug("convert called");
         //System.err.println(XMLUtils.toString(document));
 
-        // TODO Fetch descriptions/tooltips if any...
         ArrayList<DataCageNode> roots = new ArrayList<DataCageNode>();
         NodeList nodes = document.getChildNodes();
         for (int i = 0, N = nodes.getLength(); i < N; ++i) {
@@ -119,6 +102,27 @@
             : new DataCageTree(roots.get(0));
     }
 
+    protected void convertChildren(DataCageNode parent, Element sub) {
+        //System.err.println("convertChildren called");
+        NodeList children = sub.getChildNodes();
+        for (int i = 0, N = children.getLength(); i < N; ++i) {
+            Node child = children.item(i);
+            if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
+                String name = child.getLocalName();
+                NodeConverter converter = converters.get(name);
+                if (converter == null) {
+                    converter = I18N_CONVERTER;
+                }
+                DataCageNode son = converter.convert(
+                    (Element)child, this);
+                parent.addChild(son);
+
+            if (((Element)child).hasAttribute("description"))
+                logger.debug("nwd: " + ((Element)child).getAttribute("description"));
+            }
+        } // for all children
+    }
+
     
     /**
      * Creates key/value pairs from Nodes Attributes.