possible bug in XMLSerialize?!?

["Lindquist, Johan" <Jo...@reuters.com>]

Hi,

When using the XMLSerialize, the call to the constructor with a OutputFormat
parameter of null willl cause a NullPointerException at line 143 of
XMLSerializer.java  (Code snippet w/ some comments follows)

Cheers,

Johan

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/**
 * Constructs a new serializer that writes to the specified writer
 * using the specified output format. If <tt>format</tt> is null,
 * will use a default output format.
 *
 * @param writer The writer to use
 * @param format The output format to use, null for the default
 */
 public XMLSerializer( Writer writer, OutputFormat format )
 {
   super( format != null ? format : new OutputFormat( Method.XML, null,
false ) );
   //
   // This next call will fail if format is null.
   //  
   format.setMethod( Method.XML ); 
   // Should it read  
   // _format.setMethod(Method.XML);  ????

   setOutputCharStream( writer );
 }

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