Xpp3DomAttributePointer(NodePointer parent, Map.Entry<String, String> attrib) {
        super(parent);
        this.attrib = attrib;
    }

    @Override
    public int compareChildNodePointers(NodePointer pointer1, NodePointer pointer2) {
        // should never happen because attributes have no children
        return 0;
    }

    @Override
    public Object getValue() {

        super(null);
        this.node = node;
    }

    Xpp3DomNodePointer(NodePointer parent, XmlNode node) {
        super(parent);
        this.node = node;
    }

    @Override
    public int compareChildNodePointers(NodePointer pointer1, NodePointer pointer2) {
        XmlNode node1 = (XmlNode) pointer1.getBaseValue();
        XmlNode node2 = (XmlNode) pointer2.getBaseValue();
        if (node1 == node2) {
            return 0;