Document.createAttribute() returns an attribute with non-null localName

Name: inR10064 Date: 10/20/2000



  JAXP 1.1 method org.w3c.dom.Document.createAttribute(String name)
returns an attribute with non-null local name (See test.java below).

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

" Return Value
    Attr 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 presents in builds jaxp-1.1ea-b8 and jaxp-1.1fcs-b9 and affects the
new test in TCK JAXP 1.1
api/org_w3c_dom/Document/CreateAttributeTests.html#createAttributeTest01.

------------------------------------test.java-----------------------------
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Attr;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;

public class test {
    
    public static void main(String argv[]) {
        
        try {
            Document document = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance()
                                .newDocumentBuilder().newDocument();
            
            Attr attr = document.createAttribute("a");
            
            System.out.println("Local Name: " + attr.getLocalName());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println("Unexpected " + e + " was thrown");
        }
    }
}
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% java -version
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)

% java test
Local Name: a
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