Transformer.setOutputProperties() affects not specified output properties

Name: eaR10174 Date: 10/09/2001


  javax.xml.transform.Transformer.setOutputProperties(Properties oformat) reverts values
of the output properties, which are set by Transformer.setOutputProperty() method, to
values defined by stylesheet (See test.java below). These properties should not be changed
because they are not listed in the property list 'oformat'. The javadoc description of the
method Transformer.setOutputProperties() (jdk1.4.0beta-b82) reads:
  
     "public abstract void setOutputProperties(Properties oformat)
                                  throws IllegalArgumentException
      ...
      Parameters:
         oformat - A set of output properties that will be used to override any of the
same properties in affect for the transformation."

  Hence the property is not changed if it is not in the set of output properties
'oformat'.

  This bug is found in the builds jdk1.4.0-beta3-b82, jaxp-1.1.3 and affects a new JCK1.4
test

api/javax_xml/transform/Transformer/index.html#GetSetOProperties[GetSetOProperties009]

------------------------------------test.java-----------------------------
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
import java.io.StringReader;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import java.util.Properties;
import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;

public class test {
    private static Transformer transformer;

    private static void printPropertyIndentValue(String msgPrefix) {
        System.out.print(msgPrefix);
        System.out.print("indent=");
        System.out.println(transformer.getOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT));
    }

    public static void main (String[] args) {
        try {
            String xslData = "<?xml version='1.0'?>"
                           + "<xsl:stylesheet"
                           + " version='1.0'"
                           + " xmlns:xsl='http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform&#39;"
                           + ">\n"
                           + " <xsl:output method='xml' indent='yes'/>\n"
                           + " <xsl:template match='/'>\n"
                           + " Hello World! \n"
                           + " </xsl:template>\n"
                           + "</xsl:stylesheet>";
                     
            /* Create a transform factory instance */
            TransformerFactory tfactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();

            /* Create a StreamSource instance */
            StreamSource streamSource = new StreamSource(new StringReader(xslData));

            transformer = tfactory.newTransformer(streamSource);
            
            printPropertyIndentValue("In stylesheet: ");
            
            transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "no");

            printPropertyIndentValue("Before method call: ");
    
            Properties properties = new Properties();
            properties.setProperty(OutputKeys.ENCODING, "UTF-16");
            transformer.setOutputProperties(properties);
            
            printPropertyIndentValue("After method call: ");
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}
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% java -showversion test
java version "1.4.0-beta3"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-beta3-b82)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-beta3-b82, mixed mode)

In stylesheet: indent=yes
Before method call: indent=no
After method call: indent=yes
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