[jira] [Commented] (CONFIGURATION-703) xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=16507225#comment-16507225 ] Pascal Essiembre commented on CONFIGURATION-703: Sure, here you go: {code:xml} Pascal Essiembre pascal.essiem...@norconex.com Norconex Inc. https://www.norconex.com developer -4 {code} Thanks. > xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly > --- > > Key: CONFIGURATION-703 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703 > Project: Commons Configuration > Issue Type: Bug >Affects Versions: 2.2 >Reporter: Pascal Essiembre >Priority: Major > Fix For: 2.3 > > > When using XMLConfiguration 2, tags containing only white spaces are not > handled properly when xml:space="preserve" is set. 'null' is returned > instead of the actual spaces. To reproduce: > > {code:java} > XMLConfiguration xml = new BasicConfigurationBuilder<>( > XMLConfiguration.class).configure( > new Parameters().xml()).getConfiguration(); > FileHandler fh = new FileHandler(xml); > fh.load(new StringReader("")); > System.out.println("TEST: '" + xml.getString("") + "'"); > // Outputs -> TEST: 'null' > // Should be -> TEST: '' > {code} > > > > -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)
[jira] [Commented] (CONFIGURATION-703) xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=16504233#comment-16504233 ] Pascal Essiembre commented on CONFIGURATION-703: OK, I gave it a serious look and provided a simple fix that resolves the issue and does not break any tests: https://github.com/apache/commons-configuration/pull/11/ > xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly > --- > > Key: CONFIGURATION-703 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703 > Project: Commons Configuration > Issue Type: Bug >Affects Versions: 2.2 >Reporter: Pascal Essiembre >Priority: Major > > When using XMLConfiguration 2, tags containing only white spaces are not > handled properly when xml:space="preserve" is set. 'null' is returned > instead of the actual spaces. To reproduce: > > {code:java} > XMLConfiguration xml = new BasicConfigurationBuilder<>( > XMLConfiguration.class).configure( > new Parameters().xml()).getConfiguration(); > FileHandler fh = new FileHandler(xml); > fh.load(new StringReader("")); > System.out.println("TEST: '" + xml.getString("") + "'"); > // Outputs -> TEST: 'null' > // Should be -> TEST: '' > {code} > > > > -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)
[jira] [Commented] (CONFIGURATION-703) xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=16502829#comment-16502829 ] Pascal Essiembre commented on CONFIGURATION-703: It all makes sense. What should it be then? I think it is logical for a missing element to be null while any empty element should be an empty string, unless there are white spaces and xml:space="preserve" is set. Is that what you have in mind? > xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly > --- > > Key: CONFIGURATION-703 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703 > Project: Commons Configuration > Issue Type: Bug >Affects Versions: 2.2 >Reporter: Pascal Essiembre >Priority: Major > > When using XMLConfiguration 2, tags containing only white spaces are not > handled properly when xml:space="preserve" is set. 'null' is returned > instead of the actual spaces. To reproduce: > > {code:java} > XMLConfiguration xml = new BasicConfigurationBuilder<>( > XMLConfiguration.class).configure( > new Parameters().xml()).getConfiguration(); > FileHandler fh = new FileHandler(xml); > fh.load(new StringReader("")); > System.out.println("TEST: '" + xml.getString("") + "'"); > // Outputs -> TEST: 'null' > // Should be -> TEST: '' > {code} > > > > -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)
[jira] [Commented] (CONFIGURATION-703) xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=16501199#comment-16501199 ] Pascal Essiembre commented on CONFIGURATION-703: I did a bit of research, and it seems the XML specs says {{}} and {{}} should both be treated the same: empty string. {{null}} can be returned if the element does not exist at all. The one that is unclear to me is when an element has an {{xsi:nil="true"}} attribute. That attribute signifies an element is {{null}}. It looks as if that special flag is used to indicate no values when dealing with enums since technically an empty string is not a valid value for those. > xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly > --- > > Key: CONFIGURATION-703 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703 > Project: Commons Configuration > Issue Type: Bug >Affects Versions: 2.2 >Reporter: Pascal Essiembre >Priority: Major > > When using XMLConfiguration 2, tags containing only white spaces are not > handled properly when xml:space="preserve" is set. 'null' is returned > instead of the actual spaces. To reproduce: > > {code:java} > XMLConfiguration xml = new BasicConfigurationBuilder<>( > XMLConfiguration.class).configure( > new Parameters().xml()).getConfiguration(); > FileHandler fh = new FileHandler(xml); > fh.load(new StringReader("")); > System.out.println("TEST: '" + xml.getString("") + "'"); > // Outputs -> TEST: 'null' > // Should be -> TEST: '' > {code} > > > > -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)
[jira] [Commented] (CONFIGURATION-703) xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=16498902#comment-16498902 ] Pascal Essiembre commented on CONFIGURATION-703: Some of the tests fail when I do not consider child attributes. The reason seems to be that some tests expect {{null}} while others expect an empty string when we are not preserving spaces and there is no content. Shouldn't it be consistent? If so, I have a fix, but for it to work we would have to settle on one or the other and modify a few tests accordingly. > xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly > --- > > Key: CONFIGURATION-703 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703 > Project: Commons Configuration > Issue Type: Bug >Affects Versions: 2.2 >Reporter: Pascal Essiembre >Priority: Major > > When using XMLConfiguration 2, tags containing only white spaces are not > handled properly when xml:space="preserve" is set. 'null' is returned > instead of the actual spaces. To reproduce: > > {code:java} > XMLConfiguration xml = new BasicConfigurationBuilder<>( > XMLConfiguration.class).configure( > new Parameters().xml()).getConfiguration(); > FileHandler fh = new FileHandler(xml); > fh.load(new StringReader("")); > System.out.println("TEST: '" + xml.getString("") + "'"); > // Outputs -> TEST: 'null' > // Should be -> TEST: '' > {code} > > > > -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)
[jira] [Commented] (CONFIGURATION-703) xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=16496896#comment-16496896 ] Pascal Essiembre commented on CONFIGURATION-703: Yes, but now that I think about it, even if the tests pass, I think the following would be safer (just reducing the count when dealing with space preserve): {code:java} boolean childrenFlag = hasChildren || (attributes.size() - (VALUE_PRESERVE.equals(attributes.get(ATTR_SPACE)) ? 1 : 0) > 1); {code} That makes me wonder. I am not familiar with the entire logic, but why are we considering attributes as "children" for the purpose of preserving spaces? Shouldn't we care about child "elements" only? I mean, don't we want to preserve spaces in this context: {code:xml} {code} > xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly > --- > > Key: CONFIGURATION-703 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703 > Project: Commons Configuration > Issue Type: Bug >Affects Versions: 2.2 >Reporter: Pascal Essiembre >Priority: Major > > When using XMLConfiguration 2, tags containing only white spaces are not > handled properly when xml:space="preserve" is set. 'null' is returned > instead of the actual spaces. To reproduce: > > {code:java} > XMLConfiguration xml = new BasicConfigurationBuilder<>( > XMLConfiguration.class).configure( > new Parameters().xml()).getConfiguration(); > FileHandler fh = new FileHandler(xml); > fh.load(new StringReader("")); > System.out.println("TEST: '" + xml.getString("") + "'"); > // Outputs -> TEST: 'null' > // Should be -> TEST: '' > {code} > > > > -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)
[jira] [Commented] (CONFIGURATION-703) xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=16496051#comment-16496051 ] Pascal Essiembre commented on CONFIGURATION-703: OK, I've got a fix that does not break any tests. In XMLConfiguration#constructHierarchy, where the "childrenFlag" is set, the attribute size is "wrongfully" 2 when the "xml:space" attribute is present, since "config-xml:space" get added by the code. So the following is my fix for it, without modifying the attributes gathered so far: {code:java} boolean childrenFlag = hasChildren || (attributes.size() > 1 && !VALUE_PRESERVE.equals(attributes.get(ATTR_SPACE)));{code} > xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly > --- > > Key: CONFIGURATION-703 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703 > Project: Commons Configuration > Issue Type: Bug >Affects Versions: 2.2 >Reporter: Pascal Essiembre >Priority: Major > > When using XMLConfiguration 2, tags containing only white spaces are not > handled properly when xml:space="preserve" is set. 'null' is returned > instead of the actual spaces. To reproduce: > > {code:java} > XMLConfiguration xml = new BasicConfigurationBuilder<>( > XMLConfiguration.class).configure( > new Parameters().xml()).getConfiguration(); > FileHandler fh = new FileHandler(xml); > fh.load(new StringReader("")); > System.out.println("TEST: '" + xml.getString("") + "'"); > // Outputs -> TEST: 'null' > // Should be -> TEST: '' > {code} > > > > -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)
[jira] [Comment Edited] (CONFIGURATION-703) xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=16491853#comment-16491853 ] Pascal Essiembre edited comment on CONFIGURATION-703 at 5/26/18 11:56 PM: -- With my suggested fix, this test fails: TestHierarchicalXMLConfiguration#testXmlNodeTypes So we probably need another one. I also discovered that child with spaces will get returned properly if the parent tag owns the xml:space="preserve". In other words this works : {code:java} {code} White this does not: {code:java} {code} Shouldn't "tagChild" spaces be preserved in both cases? was (Author: pascal.essiembre): With my suggested fix, this test fails: TestHierarchicalXMLConfiguration#testXmlNodeTypes So we probably need another one. I also discovered that child with spaces will get returned properly if the parent tag owns the xml:space="preserve". In other words this works : White this does not: Shouldn't "tagChild" spaces be preserved in both cases? > xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly > --- > > Key: CONFIGURATION-703 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703 > Project: Commons Configuration > Issue Type: Bug >Affects Versions: 2.2 >Reporter: Pascal Essiembre >Priority: Major > > When using XMLConfiguration 2, tags containing only white spaces are not > handled properly when xml:space="preserve" is set. 'null' is returned > instead of the actual spaces. To reproduce: > > {code:java} > XMLConfiguration xml = new BasicConfigurationBuilder<>( > XMLConfiguration.class).configure( > new Parameters().xml()).getConfiguration(); > FileHandler fh = new FileHandler(xml); > fh.load(new StringReader("")); > System.out.println("TEST: '" + xml.getString("") + "'"); > // Outputs -> TEST: 'null' > // Should be -> TEST: '' > {code} > > > > -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)
[jira] [Commented] (CONFIGURATION-703) xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=16491853#comment-16491853 ] Pascal Essiembre commented on CONFIGURATION-703: With my suggested fix, this test fails: TestHierarchicalXMLConfiguration#testXmlNodeTypes So we probably need another one. I also discovered that child with spaces will get returned properly if the parent tag owns the xml:space="preserve". In other words this works : White this does not: Shouldn't "tagChild" spaces be preserved in both cases? > xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly > --- > > Key: CONFIGURATION-703 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703 > Project: Commons Configuration > Issue Type: Bug >Affects Versions: 2.2 >Reporter: Pascal Essiembre >Priority: Major > > When using XMLConfiguration 2, tags containing only white spaces are not > handled properly when xml:space="preserve" is set. 'null' is returned > instead of the actual spaces. To reproduce: > > {code:java} > XMLConfiguration xml = new BasicConfigurationBuilder<>( > XMLConfiguration.class).configure( > new Parameters().xml()).getConfiguration(); > FileHandler fh = new FileHandler(xml); > fh.load(new StringReader("")); > System.out.println("TEST: '" + xml.getString("") + "'"); > // Outputs -> TEST: 'null' > // Should be -> TEST: '' > {code} > > > > -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)
[jira] [Comment Edited] (CONFIGURATION-703) xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=16491835#comment-16491835 ] Pascal Essiembre edited comment on CONFIGURATION-703 at 5/26/18 9:57 PM: - It applies on any elements, not just root. For instance, the second test fails here: {code:java} String xml = "" + " " + " " + ""; XMLConfiguration c = XMLConfigurationUtil.newXMLConfiguration(xml); Assert.assertEquals("", c.getString("tagNoPreserve")); Assert.assertEquals(" ", c.getString("tagPreserve")); {code} I have not tried running unit tests from the Configuration project itself. I'll do that when I get a chance. FYI, ``ConfigurationUtils`` encapsulates the creation logic described in my original post. was (Author: pascal.essiembre): It applies on any elements, not just root. For instance, the second test fails here: {code:java} String xml = "" + " " + " " + ""; XMLConfiguration c = XMLConfigurationUtil.newXMLConfiguration(xml); Assert.assertEquals("", c.getString("tagNoPreserve")); Assert.assertEquals(" ", c.getString("tagPreserve")); {code} I have not tried running unit tests from the Configuration project itself. I'll do that when I get a chance. > xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly > --- > > Key: CONFIGURATION-703 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703 > Project: Commons Configuration > Issue Type: Bug >Affects Versions: 2.2 >Reporter: Pascal Essiembre >Priority: Major > > When using XMLConfiguration 2, tags containing only white spaces are not > handled properly when xml:space="preserve" is set. 'null' is returned > instead of the actual spaces. To reproduce: > > {code:java} > XMLConfiguration xml = new BasicConfigurationBuilder<>( > XMLConfiguration.class).configure( > new Parameters().xml()).getConfiguration(); > FileHandler fh = new FileHandler(xml); > fh.load(new StringReader("")); > System.out.println("TEST: '" + xml.getString("") + "'"); > // Outputs -> TEST: 'null' > // Should be -> TEST: '' > {code} > > > > -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)
[jira] [Commented] (CONFIGURATION-703) xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=16491835#comment-16491835 ] Pascal Essiembre commented on CONFIGURATION-703: It apply on any elements, not just root. For instance, the second test fails here: {code:java} String xml = "" + " " + " " + ""; XMLConfiguration c = XMLConfigurationUtil.newXMLConfiguration(xml); Assert.assertEquals("", c.getString("tagNoPreserve")); Assert.assertEquals(" ", c.getString("tagPreserve")); {code} I have not tried running unit tests from the Configuration project itself. I'll do that when I get a chance. > xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly > --- > > Key: CONFIGURATION-703 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703 > Project: Commons Configuration > Issue Type: Bug >Affects Versions: 2.2 >Reporter: Pascal Essiembre >Priority: Major > > When using XMLConfiguration 2, tags containing only white spaces are not > handled properly when xml:space="preserve" is set. 'null' is returned > instead of the actual spaces. To reproduce: > > {code:java} > XMLConfiguration xml = new BasicConfigurationBuilder<>( > XMLConfiguration.class).configure( > new Parameters().xml()).getConfiguration(); > FileHandler fh = new FileHandler(xml); > fh.load(new StringReader("")); > System.out.println("TEST: '" + xml.getString("") + "'"); > // Outputs -> TEST: 'null' > // Should be -> TEST: '' > {code} > > > > -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)
[jira] [Comment Edited] (CONFIGURATION-703) xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=16491835#comment-16491835 ] Pascal Essiembre edited comment on CONFIGURATION-703 at 5/26/18 9:55 PM: - It applies on any elements, not just root. For instance, the second test fails here: {code:java} String xml = "" + " " + " " + ""; XMLConfiguration c = XMLConfigurationUtil.newXMLConfiguration(xml); Assert.assertEquals("", c.getString("tagNoPreserve")); Assert.assertEquals(" ", c.getString("tagPreserve")); {code} I have not tried running unit tests from the Configuration project itself. I'll do that when I get a chance. was (Author: pascal.essiembre): It apply on any elements, not just root. For instance, the second test fails here: {code:java} String xml = "" + " " + " " + ""; XMLConfiguration c = XMLConfigurationUtil.newXMLConfiguration(xml); Assert.assertEquals("", c.getString("tagNoPreserve")); Assert.assertEquals(" ", c.getString("tagPreserve")); {code} I have not tried running unit tests from the Configuration project itself. I'll do that when I get a chance. > xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly > --- > > Key: CONFIGURATION-703 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703 > Project: Commons Configuration > Issue Type: Bug >Affects Versions: 2.2 >Reporter: Pascal Essiembre >Priority: Major > > When using XMLConfiguration 2, tags containing only white spaces are not > handled properly when xml:space="preserve" is set. 'null' is returned > instead of the actual spaces. To reproduce: > > {code:java} > XMLConfiguration xml = new BasicConfigurationBuilder<>( > XMLConfiguration.class).configure( > new Parameters().xml()).getConfiguration(); > FileHandler fh = new FileHandler(xml); > fh.load(new StringReader("")); > System.out.println("TEST: '" + xml.getString("") + "'"); > // Outputs -> TEST: 'null' > // Should be -> TEST: '' > {code} > > > > -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)
[jira] [Comment Edited] (CONFIGURATION-703) xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=16490175#comment-16490175 ] Pascal Essiembre edited comment on CONFIGURATION-703 at 5/25/18 3:23 AM: - Not sure if it impacts anything else negatively, but removing this change in XMLConfiguration#constructHierarchy(...) seems to do solve the issue: {code:java} ... else if (w3cNode instanceof Text) { //START fix attributes.remove(ATTR_SPACE_INTERNAL); //END fix Text data = (Text) w3cNode; buffer.append(data.getData()); } ...{code} was (Author: pascal.essiembre): Not sure if it impacts anything else negatively, but removing this change in XMLConfiguration#constructHierarchy(...) seems to do solve the issue: ... {code:java} else if (w3cNode instanceof Text) { //START fix attributes.remove(ATTR_SPACE_INTERNAL); //END fix Text data = (Text) w3cNode; buffer.append(data.getData()); }{code} ... > xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly > --- > > Key: CONFIGURATION-703 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703 > Project: Commons Configuration > Issue Type: Bug >Affects Versions: 2.2 >Reporter: Pascal Essiembre >Priority: Major > > When using XMLConfiguration 2, tags containing only white spaces are not > handled properly when xml:space="preserve" is set. 'null' is returned > instead of the actual spaces. To reproduce: > > {code:java} > XMLConfiguration xml = new BasicConfigurationBuilder<>( > XMLConfiguration.class).configure( > new Parameters().xml()).getConfiguration(); > FileHandler fh = new FileHandler(xml); > fh.load(new StringReader("")); > System.out.println("TEST: '" + xml.getString("") + "'"); > // Outputs -> TEST: 'null' > // Should be -> TEST: '' > {code} > > > > -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)
[jira] [Commented] (CONFIGURATION-703) xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=16490175#comment-16490175 ] Pascal Essiembre commented on CONFIGURATION-703: Not sure if it impacts anything else negatively, but removing this change in XMLConfiguration#constructHierarchy(...) seems to do solve the issue: ... {code:java} else if (w3cNode instanceof Text) { //START fix attributes.remove(ATTR_SPACE_INTERNAL); //END fix Text data = (Text) w3cNode; buffer.append(data.getData()); }{code} ... > xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly > --- > > Key: CONFIGURATION-703 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703 > Project: Commons Configuration > Issue Type: Bug >Affects Versions: 2.2 >Reporter: Pascal Essiembre >Priority: Major > > When using XMLConfiguration 2, tags containing only white spaces are not > handled properly when xml:space="preserve" is set. 'null' is returned > instead of the actual spaces. To reproduce: > > {code:java} > XMLConfiguration xml = new BasicConfigurationBuilder<>( > XMLConfiguration.class).configure( > new Parameters().xml()).getConfiguration(); > FileHandler fh = new FileHandler(xml); > fh.load(new StringReader("")); > System.out.println("TEST: '" + xml.getString("") + "'"); > // Outputs -> TEST: 'null' > // Should be -> TEST: '' > {code} > > > > -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)
[jira] [Created] (CONFIGURATION-703) xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly
Pascal Essiembre created CONFIGURATION-703: -- Summary: xml:space="preserve" does not handle blank strings properly Key: CONFIGURATION-703 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-703 Project: Commons Configuration Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 2.2 Reporter: Pascal Essiembre When using XMLConfiguration 2, tags containing only white spaces are not handled properly when xml:space="preserve" is set. 'null' is returned instead of the actual spaces. To reproduce: {code:java} XMLConfiguration xml = new BasicConfigurationBuilder<>( XMLConfiguration.class).configure( new Parameters().xml()).getConfiguration(); FileHandler fh = new FileHandler(xml); fh.load(new StringReader("")); System.out.println("TEST: '" + xml.getString("") + "'"); // Outputs -> TEST: 'null' // Should be -> TEST: '' {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)