code: private void startElementRootNode(final Attributes attributes) {
  
          LOG.debug("Found rootNode");
          try {
              this.rootNode = this.newNode(null, attributes);
              this.nodeStack.push(this.rootNode);
          } catch (final RepositoryException e) {
              throw new AssertionError("Could not create node", e);
          }
      }
docs: Invoked on rootNode element.
  
  @param attributes
  the DOM attributes of the root node element