> My problem remains, cloning effects the origin document.

I don't understand!

> I'd rather like to make a copy of my second document,
> is there a nice way to make a deep-copy of an Element ?

Yes, Element#clone(). I showed you:

  inReport.getRootElement().getChild("employee").addContent
                ((Element)rules.getRootElement().clone());


/pmn

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