Fix for vanishing attribute namespace prefixes

[Wijlens, Joris (J.)]

Hi there,   I'm using the XML-security package for a Java project.   I have this problem with as you describe it "vanishing attribute namespace prefixes". I tried the workaround (described in Mikolaj Habryn's message of Thu, 16 Sep 2004 19:05:56) but that didn't help me. I did the following:      * I create message1 (document) and add a element with namespace.    * I serialize it into message2 (documentToBeSigned) like this:              OutputFormat format = new OutputFormat(document,"UTF-8",false);            ByteArrayOutputStream arrayOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();            XMLSerializer serializer = new XMLSerializer(arrayOutputStream,format);            serializer.setNamespaces(true);            serializer.asDOMSerializer();            serializer.serialize(document.getDocumentElement()); Document documentToBeSigned = documentBuilder.parse(new ByteArrayInputStream(arrayOutputStream.toByteArray()));      * I sign message2 and yes Mikolaj is right about the namespace being      added and the signing succeeding, but there are namespaces and empty namespace (like this: xmlns="")      attributes all over the place.    * I "cut" the signature from message2    * I import the message in message1 and all looks fine.   But when I try to verify message1 it fails. I think because I think the appearing xmlns="" 's in message2 are taken into account when signing the message (?? and message1 doesn't have them). Am I doing something wrong here?   Besides that I have a couple of questions: 1. Is it planned to be fixed in the coming month (for version 1.2)? 2. Is this problem logged as a bug and can I track it? 3. Is version 1.2 going to be compatible with jdk1.3 because when I yesterday tried to compile HEAD from CVS with       a 1.3 sdk I got several compiler errors on RuntimeExceptions that were passing the causing exceptions.   Thanks anyway,   Joris Wijlens   -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Whitehorses B.V. Dukatenburg 84a, Nieuwegein, +31 (0)30 - 600 4720 Malburgse Sluis 27, Arnhem, +31 (0)26 - 322 6900 Mobiel: +31 (0)6 - 5200 2532     Meer weten over nieuwe en interessante Oracle en Java ontwikkelingen? Wat ze voor u betekenen en wat u er aan heeft? Lees dan onze maandelijkse Whitebooks op www.whitehorses.nl.