Newbie XML question with SOAP

Hi all,
With soap apache 2.3, the RPC/Literal mode exchanges org.w3c.dom.Element objects.
Once the "Element" receive on the WebService side, I would like to work with a org.w3c.dom.Document.
How can I build one from the Element I received ?
plz help.

When you get the Element, it is already a member of a Document created from the SOAP message. Do you have an existing Document you want to move it to or what?
Bill

Bill,
Let's me explain further my problem.

Using RPC/Literal, I receive an "Element" as method's argument.
To deal with this "element", that is, to be able to traverse it and to read the information it contains, I would like to create a new "Document" objet, and to "insert" the "Element" into to the "Document".
Why do I want to do that ? :
Because it sounds like it is easier to work with a DOM document than with an "Element", but maybe I'm wrong

But for instance, if I want to use a TreeWalker (org.w3c.dom.traversal), my understanding is that I need a DOM Document. So the "Element" I receive from my SOAP call is not enough.
BTW : The only way out I found to create a DOCUMENT from an ELEMENT is to use a javax.xml.transform.Transformer
It sounds like it is working, but I worry about performance issues

Any though is appreciated.
I'm a bit confused, and I'm sure my explanation are not really clear. Sorry

But when you get an Element, it is already a member of a Document - the SOAP message is a Document with a <SOAP-ENV:Envelope> root. You should be able to use it with all DOM methods directly. Try the getOwnerDocument() method on your Element and see what you get.
Bill

I'll try that, thanks for the tip

Thanks Bill.
It sounds like the getOwnerDocument() method is what I was looking for.