[GROOVY-5434] Node.toString() returns an empty string

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.8.6, 2.4.0-beta-3
• Component/s: groovy-jdk, XML Processing
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Uri Moszkowicz
• Created: 02/May/12 08:46
• Updated: 16/Nov/14 04:18

Description

The method toString() on Node seems to return an empty string on elements from an XML document read by XmlSlurper. It would be useful for debugging to at least print a unique identifier for all nodes. Another option would be to return a serialized version of itself.