Check for zero length before sending a characters event. This fixes
minor regression with string115, etc. where tags were not being
collapsed if empty.
diff --git a/src/org/apache/xalan/serialize/SerializerToXML.java b/src/org/apache/xalan/serialize/SerializerToXML.java
index 9bd4566..148586b 100644
--- a/src/org/apache/xalan/serialize/SerializerToXML.java
+++ b/src/org/apache/xalan/serialize/SerializerToXML.java
@@ -1505,6 +1505,8 @@
public void characters(char chars[], int start, int length)
throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
{
+ if(0 == length)
+ return;
// if (m_inEntityRef)
// return;