[XERCESJ-1230] DOM Normalizer throws an NPE during namepsace fixup if an Attr node is non-namespace aware

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.9.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.9.1
• Component/s: DOM (Level 3 Core)
• Assignee: Michael Glavassevich
• Reporter: Michael Glavassevich
• Created: 06/Mar/07 19:29
• Updated: 25/Aug/07 16:12
• Resolved: 06/Mar/07 20:43

Description

If normalizeDocument() is called on a Document containing non-namespace aware Attr nodes an NPE will be thrown from the normalizer during namespace fixup. This bug is causing two test cases (infoset07 and wellformed03) in the W3C DOM Level 3 Core test suite to fail:

1) http://www.w3.org/2001/DOM-Test-Suite/level3/core/infoset07(org.w3c.domts.JUnitTestCaseAdapter)
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.xerces.util.XMLChar.isValidNCName(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.dom.CoreDocumentImpl.checkQName(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.dom.DOMNormalizer.namespaceFixUp(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.dom.DOMNormalizer.normalizeNode(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.dom.DOMNormalizer.normalizeDocument(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.dom.CoreDocumentImpl.normalizeDocument(Unknown Source)
at org.w3c.domts.level3.core.infoset07.runTest(infoset07.java:108)
at org.w3c.domts.JUnitTestCaseAdapter.runTest(JUnitTestCaseAdapter.java:41)

2) http://www.w3.org/2001/DOM-Test-Suite/level3/core/wellformed03(org.w3c.domts.JUnitTestCaseAdapter)
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.xerces.util.XMLChar.isValidNCName(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.dom.CoreDocumentImpl.checkQName(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.dom.DOMNormalizer.namespaceFixUp(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.dom.DOMNormalizer.normalizeNode(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.dom.DOMNormalizer.normalizeDocument(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.dom.CoreDocumentImpl.normalizeDocument(Unknown Source)
at org.w3c.domts.level3.core.wellformed03.runTest(wellformed03.java:108)
at org.w3c.domts.JUnitTestCaseAdapter.runTest(JUnitTestCaseAdapter.java:41)