No, but you could always add a feature request for that. E.g., Node.getNumberOfChildren(). View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4112563#4112563 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4112563