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Posted to dev@xalan.apache.org by bu...@apache.org on 2003/02/17 14:19:24 UTC

DO NOT REPLY [Bug 17128] New: - DTMNodeProxy dosent implement Element interface correctly

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DTMNodeProxy dosent implement Element interface correctly

           Summary: DTMNodeProxy dosent implement Element interface
                    correctly
           Product: XalanJ2
           Version: 2.4
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Major
          Priority: Other
         Component: org.apache.xml.dtm
        AssignedTo: xalan-dev@xml.apache.org
        ReportedBy: richard.zschech@cqrdata.com


The getAttribute and getAttributeNS methods on an element are defined to return
an empty string if the attribute dosent exist.

Instead they return null causing problems if you go: 

element.getAttribute("foo").equals("blah")

to test for the existance and value of an attribute in one go.