XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[peter murray-rust <pm286 AT cam.ac.uk>]

If I set the value of Text nodes to null, the value is actually set 
to an empty String ("").
        String s = null;
        Text t = new Text(s);
        assertNotNull("nullValue", t.getValue());
        assertEquals("nullValue", "", t.getValue());
        t.setValue("b");
        assertEquals("nonEmptyString", "b", t.getValue());
        t.setValue(s);
        assertNotNull("nullValue", t.getValue());
        assertEquals("nullValue", "", t.getValue());
however copying a null Text node throws a NPE
        t = new Text((Text)null);

The documentation does not comment on null strings and neither 
routine throws an exception. If all the above is expected, could it 
be mentioned in the documentation.

On a related note, is there a convenience method for removing text 
Nodes with zero-length strings?

P.



Peter Murray-Rust
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