Turned out to be fairly easy to fix in XMLWriter.java. James, can I ask you to apply the fix in the cvs? I'm not currently set up correctly with SSH and cvs at my current workstation.
Proposed solution (patches to XMLWriter.java): First allow xmlns='' to be output by changing isNamespaceDeclaration() to: protected boolean isNamespaceDeclaration( Namespace ns ) { if (ns != null && ns != Namespace.XML_NAMESPACE) { String uri = ns.getURI(); if ( uri != null ) { if ( ! namespaceStack.contains( ns ) ) { return true; } } } return false; } Then add: namespaceStack.push(Namespace.NO_NAMESPACE); to all constructors of XMLWriter. This will make explicit the fact that NO_NAMESPACE is the default if no other namespace has been declared. This is necessary because otherwise xmlns="" is added to the root element of _all_ documents with no other namespace declarations, and this seems to be the most elegant solution. Cheers, -- Steen -----Original Message----- From: Lehmann, Steen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 3. september 2002 12:13 To: 'dom4j-dev' Cc: Mogensen, Karin Subject: [dom4j-dev] XMLWriter bug with blank default namespace? Hi everyone, I have a problem with serializing a document which redeclares the default namespace to be empty, like so: <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <model> <instance> <nons xmlns=""> </nons> </instance> </model> </head> </html> When serializing the document using XMLWriter, the namespace declaration on <nons> disappears, thus effectively moving the element into the default namespace declared on the <html> element. I'm investigating the problem myself but am short on cycles for the moment, so I would appreciate it if one of you would take a look. Cheers, -- Steen ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ dom4j-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dom4j-dev ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ dom4j-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dom4j-dev