[XMLBEANS-446] too restrictive prefix constraint

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: Version 2.3, Version 2.4 , Version 2.5
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Vojtech Janota
• Created: 26/Oct/10 12:01
• Updated: 14/May/13 15:37

Description

XML Specification clearly states that when declaring namespace bindings prefixes starting with "xml" are reserved and must not be used. However it also states that processors must NOT treat them as fatal errors. Current implementation fails to parse XML files with such prefixes:

org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlRuntimeException: error: Prefix can't begin with XML: xml2uddi_portType
at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.store.Locale$SaxHandler.startPrefixMapping(Locale.java:3321)
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