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Serialize empty attribute couses NullPointerException

           Summary: Serialize empty attribute couses NullPointerException
           Product: XalanJ2
           Version: 2.5Dx
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Windows NT/2K
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: Other
         Component: org.apache.xalan.serialize
        AssignedTo: xalan-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: alexme@xxxxxxxx


docXML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-2"?>
<LS>
  <L alias="aaaaa">
    <!-- here id attribute is empty -->
    <V id="">ssss</V>
  </L>
<LS>


Sample code:
     Element el = docXML.getDocumentElement();

     Properties oprops = new Properties 
OutputProperties.getDefaultMethodProperties("xml"));  
      oprops.put(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
      oprops.put(OutputKeys.ENCODING,"ISO-8859-2");
      
      Serializer serializer = SerializerFactory.getSerializer(oprops);
      StringWriter  stringOut = new StringWriter(); 
      serializer.setWriter(stringOut);
      serializer.setOutputFormat(oprops);       
      serializer.asDOMSerializer().serialize(el);

 
ERROR:

java.lang.NullPointerException
        void org.apache.xalan.serialize.SerializerToXML.writeAttrString
(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
                SerializerToXML.java:2227