diff --git a/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/AbstractPomTransformer.java b/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/AbstractPomTransformer.java
index e941980e..4e0e4250 100644
--- a/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/AbstractPomTransformer.java
+++ b/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/AbstractPomTransformer.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ import java.util.Properties;
  *
  * @author <a href="mailto:jason@zenplex.com">Jason van Zyl</a>
  *
- * @version $Id: AbstractPomTransformer.java,v 1.3 2003/02/11 00:56:36 jvanzyl Exp $
+ * @version $Id: AbstractPomTransformer.java,v 1.4 2003/02/11 01:00:55 jvanzyl Exp $
  */
 public abstract class AbstractPomTransformer
     implements PomTransformer
@@ -250,6 +250,26 @@ public abstract class AbstractPomTransformer
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This is the automated way of transforming the nodes if there is
+     * no user interaction involved.
+     *
+     * @throws Exception If an error occurs while transforming the nodes.
+     */
+    public void transformNodes()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        for ( Iterator i = getSelectedNodes().iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
+        {
+            Object o = i.next();
+
+            if ( o instanceof Node )
+            {
+                transformNode( (Node) o );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Implementation
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/release/src/test/org/apache/maven/release/DummySnapshotResolver.java b/release/src/test/org/apache/maven/release/DummySnapshotResolver.java
index b6de1444..2be0dcdd 100644
--- a/release/src/test/org/apache/maven/release/DummySnapshotResolver.java
+++ b/release/src/test/org/apache/maven/release/DummySnapshotResolver.java
@@ -97,4 +97,17 @@ public class DummySnapshotResolver
         Node version = node.selectSingleNode( selectNodeXPath() );
         version.setText( getNodeContent( node ) );
     }
+
+    public Node getTransformedNode( Node node )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // Now with our xpath expression we have the whole <dependency/>
+        // element and we want to alter the <version/> element.
+        Node version = node.selectSingleNode( selectNodeXPath() );
+        Node transformedNode = (Node) version.clone();
+        transformedNode.setText( getNodeContent( node ) );
+
+        return transformedNode;
+    }
+
 }