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[Tom Barton <>]

Gary, but shouldn't XmlExporter produce a document that is importable 
with XmlImporter? Seems like option 3 would support that requirement.

Tom

GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing wrote:
> Hi Colin,
>
> The code is 'designed' to fail if you try to set a null value. Whether 
> or not it should do is debatable. The options would be to:
>
> 1. Fail as now
> 2. Log an error but continue importing
> 3. Delete the current value if one is set
>
> This could be made a configuration option. The only question would be 
> which to choose as a default.
>
> I've added a Jira issue: <https://bugs.internet2.edu/jira/browse/GRP-81>
>
> Gary
>
>
>
>
>
> --On 15 January 2008 11:32 -0600 Colin Hudler 
> <>
>  wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > The error in the subject of this email will occur in
> > edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.XmlImporter when a grouptype has an
> > empty attribute.  Example xml generated by ant xml-export:
> >
> >               <groupTypes>
> >                 <groupType name='Provisioner'>
> >                   <attribute
> > name='Destinations'>ou=groups,dc=uchicago,dc=edu</attribute>
> >                   <attribute name='Send To'></attribute>
> >                 </groupType>
> >
> > ('Send To' has no value)
> >
> > Sorry, I didn't find exactly which method--if any--causes the error.
> >
> > --
> > Colin Hudler
> > Network Based Services
> > The University of Chicago
>
>
>
> ----------------------
> GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing