FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.8.0_66"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_66-b17)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.66-b17, mixed mode)


ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Start element events read by StAX XMLEventReader do contain fixed attributes from DTD for tags with text content but there are no such attributes for self-closed tags.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
I expect that event for self-closed tag contain attributes from DTD.

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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/*
<!-- test.xml -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE top SYSTEM "test.dtd">
<top>
    <first>1</first>
    <second/>
    <third>3</third>
</top>

<!-- test.dtd -->

<?xml encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!ELEMENT top (first, second, third)>

<!ELEMENT first EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST first
        a1 (val1) #FIXED "val1"
        a2 (val2) #FIXED "val2"
        %generalAttributes;>
<!ELEMENT second EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST second
        a1 (val1) #FIXED "val1"
        a2 (val2) #FIXED "val2"
        %generalAttributes;>

<!ELEMENT third EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST third
        a1 (val1) #FIXED "val1"
        a2 (val2) #FIXED "val2"
        %generalAttributes;>
*/
        package just.as.example;

        import java.io.InputStream;
        import java.util.Iterator;

        import javax.xml.stream.XMLEventReader;
        import javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory;
        import javax.xml.stream.XMLResolver;
        import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
        import javax.xml.stream.events.StartElement;
        import javax.xml.stream.events.XMLEvent;

        /**
         * Created by: $Author:: abekman
         * Creation time: $Date:: 2015-12-03 4:07 PM
         * Last modified by: $Author:: $
         * Modification time: $Date:: $
         * File revision: $Rev:: $
         */
        public class MainOne {

            public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
                XMLInputFactory xmlInputFactory = XMLInputFactory.newInstance();
                xmlInputFactory.setXMLResolver(new CustomResolver());
                //xmlInputFactory.setXMLResolver(new CatalogXMLResolver());
                try (InputStream inputStream = MainOne.class.getResourceAsStream("test.xml")) {

                    XMLEventReader reader = xmlInputFactory.createXMLEventReader(inputStream);
                    while (reader.hasNext()) {
                        XMLEvent event = reader.nextEvent();
                        if (event.isStartElement()) {
                            StartElement startElement = event.asStartElement();
                            System.out.println(startElement.getName().getLocalPart());
                            Iterator iterator = startElement.getAttributes();
                            while (iterator.hasNext()) {
                                System.out.println("attribute " + iterator.next());
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            private static class CustomResolver implements XMLResolver {
                @Override
                public Object resolveEntity(String publicID, String systemID, String baseURI, String namespace) throws XMLStreamException {
                    return MainOne.class.getResourceAsStream(systemID);
                }
            }
        }

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