diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 94a6bf6..cb075ec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ Features in development:
 
 ## Building
 
-You need Java 17 and [Apache Ant 1.10.12](https://ant.apache.org) or newer
+You need Java 21 and [Apache Ant 1.10.14](https://ant.apache.org) or newer
 
-- Point your JAVA_HOME variable to JDK 17
+- Point your JAVA_HOME variable to JDK 21
 - Checkout this repository
 - Run `ant` to compile the source code
 
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 55458e4..47ed090 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
 <project basedir="." default="compile" name="XMLJava">
-    <property name="target" value="17" />
-    <property name="source" value="17" />
+    <property name="target" value="21" />
+    <property name="source" value="21" />
     <property name="build.compiler" value="javac10+" />
     <target name="init">
         <mkdir dir="bin" />
diff --git a/lib/xmljava.jar b/lib/xmljava.jar
index 621c6fe..1acb61f 100644
Binary files a/lib/xmljava.jar and b/lib/xmljava.jar differ
diff --git a/src/com/maxprograms/xml/Constants.java b/src/com/maxprograms/xml/Constants.java
index e0f6162..7785847 100644
--- a/src/com/maxprograms/xml/Constants.java
+++ b/src/com/maxprograms/xml/Constants.java
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 
 public class Constants {
 
-    public static final String VERSION = "1.4.0";
-    public static final String BUILD = "20231113_1047";
+    public static final String VERSION = "1.5.0";
+    public static final String BUILD = "20231229_1000";
 }
diff --git a/src/com/maxprograms/xml/Element.java b/src/com/maxprograms/xml/Element.java
index 9923834..6c88da6 100644
--- a/src/com/maxprograms/xml/Element.java
+++ b/src/com/maxprograms/xml/Element.java
@@ -334,6 +334,25 @@ public void setText(String text) {
 		content.add(new TextNode(text));
 	}
 
+	public String getHead() {
+		StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder("<" + name);
+		List<String> keys = new Vector<>();
+		keys.addAll(attsTable.keySet());
+		Collections.sort(keys);
+		Iterator<String> it = keys.iterator();
+		while (it.hasNext()) {
+			Attribute a = attsTable.get(it.next());
+			result.append(' ');
+			result.append(a.toString());
+		}
+		result.append(">");
+		return result.toString();
+	}
+
+	public String getTail() {
+		return "</" + name + ">";
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
 		StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder("<" + name);
diff --git a/src/module-info.java b/src/module-info.java
index ffc2a06..b010d8c 100644
--- a/src/module-info.java
+++ b/src/module-info.java
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 	
 	exports com.maxprograms.xml;
 
-	opens com.maxprograms.xml to mapdb;
-
 	requires java.base;
 	requires transitive java.xml;
 }