FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java 5

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Windows

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Input :
<Request xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" >
<base xmlns="">

</base>
</Request>
I am using XMLEventWriter in JWSDP 1.6 ,created an XMLEventReader to read the above xml , and added the above read events to a XMLEventWriter.
For cases where the input is xmlns="" ,the output I am getting is xmlns="null"

output:
<Request xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" >
<base xmlns="null">

</base>
</Request>

can you please confirm whether this bug is anyway related to bug 6337180

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
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EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
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ACTUAL -
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ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
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REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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