Hi everybody, I'm new to this list so bear with me... It started off as one problem, but when I was trying to create a bug report for the first I discovered a second. They both occur between lines 381 and 394 of org/apache/cocoon/serialization/AbstractTextSerializer.java.
The second problem is easier to recreate, so I'll cover it first. The result is this: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.cocoon.serialization.AbstractTextSerializer$NamespaceAsAttributes.startElement(AbstractTextSerializer.java:386) at org.apache.cocoon.xml.AbstractXMLPipe.startElement(AbstractXMLPipe.java:88) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.ResultTreeHandler.flushElem(ResultTreeHandler.java:856) Here is a simple XML file that causes the problem: <page xmlns="foo"> <test xmlns=""> this is a test </test> </page> and the offending code (in AbstractTextSerializer.java): boolean found = false; for (int attr = 0; attr < attrCount; attr++) { if (qName.equals(attrs.getQName(attr))) { // Check if mapping and attribute URI match ///*** uri is null here ***/// if (! uri.equals(attrs.getValue(attr))) { getLogger().error("URI in prefix mapping and attribute do not match : '" + uri + "' - '" + attrs.g throw new SAXException("URI in prefix mapping and attribute do not match"); } found = true; break; } } In my sitemap.xmap, I have: <map:match pattern="the-test-page.xml"> <map:generate type="file" src="{0}"/> <map:serialize type="xml"/> </map:match> The other error is prooving really hard for me to reproduce with a minimalized example. I do know that it is caused when I do a transformation with Xalan using something like: <stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> ... <element name="foo" namespace="">...</element> ... </stylesheet> I think it might be that Xalan is sending a startPrefixMapping() for the <stylesheet> or other XSL elements, and this is confusing the serializer when it gets to the <element namespace=""/>. If I replace <element name="foo" namespace=""/> with <foo xmlns=""/>, it works fine. The error is the SAXException("URI in prefix mapping and attribute do not match") from the code above, and the log message is: URI in prefix mapping and attribute do not match : 'http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform' - 'http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/' which is why I believe Xalan is confusing the serializer, since the XSL/Transform namespace is never output by my stylesheet. Sorry I can't help to recreate this one further. Thanks for your help! -- Peter Davis Where's the man could ease a heart Like a satin gown? -- Dorothy Parker, "The Satin Dress" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]