Re: [Exist-open] BUG: Element.getNodeValue returns !=null When correcting this user.hasgroupfails!

[Wolfgang M. <me...@if...>]

Hi, 
 
thanks for the hint. I have not been aware that the DOM requires 
Element.getNodeValue to return null. I'm fixing this. 
 
Wolfgang 
 
On Sunday 15 December 2002 06:36 pm, Karsten Becker wrote: 
> Hi, 
> The org.w3c.Node document says that Element.getNodeValue returns null. 
> But eXists returns the Node content. If you fix this and you start a 
> connection you get a NullPointer Exception in User.hasGroup because the 
> groups are set to null when User has been Constructed with User(Element 
> Node). 
> I fixed this with: 
>         Text group; 
>         for ( int i = 0; i < gl.getLength(); i++ ) { 
>           try { 
>             group = (Text) gl.item( i ); 
>             groups.add( group.getNodeValue() ); 
>           } catch (Exception e) { 
> 
>           } 
>         } 
> This seems more W3C-Compatible then the "old-Style" 
> Btw. What is the reason that Element returns non null? 
 
 
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