FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.5.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0-b64)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0-b64, mixed mode, sharing)


ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Linux unununium 2.4.21-20.EL #1 Wed Aug 18 20:58:25 EDT 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux


EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 3
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 2793.051
cache size : 1024 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm
bogomips : 5570.56


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
In java 1.4.2 org.w3c.dom.Element.toString() returned the xml element as a String. In 5.0 it no longer does.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Compile and run the sample program included with java 5.0. Compile and run it with java 1.4.2 to see correct output.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
<datacenterlist>
  <datacenterinfo id="0" naddrs="1" nnodes="1" ismaster="0">
    <gateway ipaddr="192.168.100.27:26000" />
  </datacenterinfo>
</datacenterlist>

ACTUAL -
[datacenterlist: null]


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
import java.io.*;
import javax.xml.parsers.*;
import org.w3c.dom.*;
import org.xml.sax.*;

public class XMLToStringTest
{
   String xml =
      "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n" +
      "<!DOCTYPE datacenterlist>\n" +
      "<datacenterlist>\n" +
      " <datacenterinfo id=\"0\" naddrs=\"1\" nnodes=\"1\" ismaster=\"0\">\n" +
      " <gateway ipaddr=\"192.168.100.27:26000\"/>\n" +
      " </datacenterinfo>\n" +
      "</datacenterlist>\n";

   public XMLToStringTest()
   {
      try
      {
         Document doc = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder().parse(
            new InputSource( new StringReader( xml ) ) );
         Element root = doc.getDocumentElement();
         System.out.println( root.toString() );
      }
      catch( Exception e )
      {
         e.printStackTrace( System.err );
      }
   }

   public static final void main( String[] args )
   {
      new XMLToStringTest();
   }
}

---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Write a program that iterates over all Nodes in an Document, and generates the string representation of them.

Release Regression From : 1.4.2
The above release value was the last known release where this
bug was known to work. Since then there has been a regression.
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