Re: [Exist-open] Null pointer exception doing an XUpdateto rename the root element of an XML document in eXist.

[Michael B. <mbe...@mb...>]

Geoffrey Shuetrim wrote:

> Further to this issue, the org.exist.xupdate.Rename.java class _only_
> has a problem with renaming of the root elements of XML documents.
>

Ever since this thread started, I've been hunting in vain for hard evidence
of a feeling I have that this issue was raised in the early days of the
XUpdate implementation, and that Wolfgang explained at that time that, and
why, renaming of the root element was not supported. But maybe my memory is
playing me false, because I can't find anything in the archives. So if there
was such a discussion, it may have been off or near-list. Can't have been on
the Wiki, because it was in pre-Wiki days, nor on irc, because I don't do
irc.

At the cost of revealing that I do actually sometimes dream about eXist (in
fact, last night I dreamed about eXist in Tagalog, showing that my
subconscious mind has abilities that would be really handy if I could deploy
them in waking life) I have to admit that I may have, quite literally,
dreamed all this. But it's just possible that Wolfgang may be able to come
up with something when he returns.

Michael Beddow