for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
            Node child = children.item(i);
            if (SunxacmlUtil.getNodeName(child).equals("algorithm")) {
                // an algorithm is a simple class element
                CombiningAlgorithm alg =
                    (CombiningAlgorithm)(loadClass("algorithm", child));
                try {
                    factory.addAlgorithm(alg);
                } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
                    throw new ParsingException("duplicate combining " +
                                               "algorithm: " +
                                               alg.getIdentifier().toString(),
                                               iae);
                }
            }
        }