Re: XmlSerialzier

Stefan Haustein wrote:

> (...)
> > therefore we never return 'null' for namespace in XmlPullParser
> > but empty string.
> >
> > so i think that in XmlSerializer we should have similiar approach:
> > * prefix and namespace must be always not null for setPrefix()
> > * and getPrefix() will return null only when
>
> The problem are prefixes, not namespaces: In the parser, null is
> returned for "no prefix" (see javadoc).

ok i see it now:
http://www.xmlpull.org/v1/doc/api/org/xmlpull/v1/XmlPullParser.html#getAttributePrefix(int)


> In the serializer, null
> would be returned from getPrefix for "no prefix defined", and an
> empty string would be returned for namespace is default (no
> prefix in elements required). This seems a bit inconsistent, but
> it would be fine with me...

ok i think that it will be also fine as long as we document it well
i checked in some clarifications - please take a look .

thanks,

alek