public static boolean SpmlModification(SpmlRequest spml) {		
		try {															
			Document doc = stringToDOM(spml.toXml());					
	        NodeList nodelist = org.apache.xpath.XPathAPI.selectNodeList(doc, "//spml:modifications");
			
	        if (nodelist.getLength() >0)																 							
				return true;			
				
		} catch (Exception ex) {			
			log.fatal(ex.toString());				
		}	
		return false;		
	}