Document.createAttribute() returns an attribute with null value

Name: eaR10174 Date: 03/19/2001


  The implementation of the method org.w3c.dom.Document.createAttribute() returns an
attribute with null value (See test.java below). Created attribute should have an
empty string as its value.

  Definition of the method in p. 1.2 "Fundamental Interfaces" of DOM Level 2 Core
(http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Core-20001113/core.html#i-Document)
reads:

  "Returns:
         A new Attr object with the nodeName attribute set to name, and localName,
         prefix, and namespaceURI set to null. The value of the attribute is the
         empty string."
         
   This bug appears in a build jaxp-1.1.1-b23-14_mar_2001.
   
------------------------------------test.java-----------------------------
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Attr;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;

public class test {
    
    public static void main(String argv[]) {
        try {
            Document document = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance()
                                    .newDocumentBuilder().newDocument();
                               
            Attr attr = document.createAttribute("a");
            
            System.out.println("Attribute value: " + attr.getValue());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Exception: " + e);
        }
    }
}
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% java -showversion -cp .:jaxp1.1.1/jaxp.jar:jaxp1.1.1/crimson.jar test
java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-C)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0-C, interpreted mode)

Attribute value: null
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