[BATIK-384] Dynamic node insertion doesn't work if namespace is not specified

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Resolution: Incomplete
• Affects Version/s: 1.5
• Component/s: Scripting
• Environment: Operating System: All; Platform: PC
• Assignee: Batik Developer's Mailing list
• Reporter: Francois Lemaire
• Created: 01/Jul/03 14:17
• Updated: 20/Mar/05 17:06
• Resolved: 20/Mar/05 17:06

Description

I have SVG documents with the default namespace set to svg's namespace
(xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"); when the following ecmascript function is
used:

function addRectangle() {
rectangle = document.createElement("rect");
rectangle.setAttribute("x", "20");
rectangle.setAttribute("y", "20");
rectangle.setAttribute("width", "100");
rectangle.setAttribute("height", "100");
rectangle.setAttribute("style", "fill:white; stroke:black");
document.documentElement.appendChild(rectangle);
}

the canvas is not updated, though the node is created. When the following
function is used:

function addRectangle() {
rectangle = document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg","rect");
rectangle.setAttributeNS(null, "x", "20");
rectangle.setAttributeNS(null, "y", "20");
rectangle.setAttributeNS(null, "width", "100");
rectangle.setAttributeNS(null, "height", "100");
rectangle.setAttributeNS(null, "style", "fill:white; stroke:black");
document.documentElement.appendChild(rectangle);
}

it doesn't work. Since my default namespace is set to svg, I expected batik to
understand that my new "rect" element was a svg element to be put in the GVT
tree... But maybe I'm wrong, if so, please explain me why. (BTW, the first code
snippet works in Adobe SVG viewer...)