Index: sources/org/apache/batik/dom/svg12/BindableElement.java
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--- sources/org/apache/batik/dom/svg12/BindableElement.java	(revision 748057)
+++ sources/org/apache/batik/dom/svg12/BindableElement.java	(working copy)
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 import org.apache.batik.dom.AbstractDocument;
 import org.apache.batik.dom.svg.AttributeInitializer;
 import org.apache.batik.dom.svg.SVGGraphicsElement;
-
 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
 
 /**
@@ -93,13 +92,55 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Exports this node to the given document.
+     */
+    protected Node export(Node n, AbstractDocument d) {
+        BindableElement be = (BindableElement)super.export(n, d);
+        be.namespaceURI = namespaceURI;
+        be.localName = localName;
+        return n;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Deeply exports this node to the given document.
+     */
+    protected Node deepExport(Node n, AbstractDocument d) {
+        BindableElement be = (BindableElement)super.deepExport(n, d);
+        be.namespaceURI = namespaceURI;
+        be.localName = localName;
+        return n;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Copy the fields of the current node into the given node.
+     * @param n a node of the type of this.
+     */
+    protected Node copyInto(Node n) {
+        BindableElement be = (BindableElement)super.copyInto(n);
+        be.namespaceURI = namespaceURI;
+        be.localName = localName;
+        return n;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Deeply copy the fields of the current node into the given node.
+     * @param n a node of the type of this.
+     */
+    protected Node deepCopyInto(Node n) {
+        BindableElement be = (BindableElement)super.deepCopyInto(n);
+        be.namespaceURI = namespaceURI;
+        be.localName = localName;
+        return n;
+    }
+	
+	/**
      * Returns a new uninitialized instance of this object's class.
      */
     protected Node newNode() {
-        return new BindableElement(null, null, namespaceURI, localName);
+    	return new BindableElement();
     }
 
-    /**
+	/**
      * Sets the shadow tree for this bindable element.
      */
     public void setShadowTree(XBLOMShadowTreeElement s) {