[AXIS-2729] NullPointerException in MessageElement.copyNode for DOM Documents with Processing Instructions

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.4
• Component/s: Serialization/Deserialization
• Environment: Vista, java 1.6
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Ralph LeVan
• Created: 14/Mar/08 17:50
• Updated: 14/Mar/08 17:50

Description

Trying to create a MessageElement from a DOM Document that contains a processing instruction results in a NullPointerException

Here's a trivial demonstration:
DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder db=dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
Document domDoc = db.parse(new InputSource(new StringReader("<rec><data>stuff</data><?boom?></rec>")));
Element el = domDoc.getDocumentElement();
new MessageElement(el);

The root problem is that MessageElement is only prepared to accept nodes of type CharacterData. I have enhanced MessageElement and NodeImpl to accept processing instructions.

I will submit the changes to the developers list