[CONFIGURATION-316] Constructor XMLConfiguration(HierarchicalConfiguration) invalidates text in singular top element

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5
• Fix Version/s: 1.6

Environment

Sun JDK 6 on Debian GNU/Linux

• Assignee: Oliver Heger
• Reporter: Daniel Kraft
• Created: 12/Mar/08 13:40
• Updated: 22/Aug/09 19:36
• Resolved: 23/Mar/08 19:31

Description

When using the XMLConfiguration(HierarchicalConfiguration) constructor for copying an XMLConfiguration e.g. originally read from the XML string <e a="v">example</e>, the "example" text can still be retrieved from the copy using getString(""). When saving the copy to an XML file, however, the text is not written; the resulting XML string is just <configuration a="v"/>. I will attach sample code that illustrates this.

Whether it is intended that the name of the top-level element gets lost as well, I don't know (but that is not my focus here).