NullPointerException at _Jv_equalUtf8Consts

[Ray Auge]

after calling: 

        elm.hasAttribute("target")

(elm is a org.w3c.dom.Node recast as an Element)

I get:

java.lang.NullPointerException
   at _Jv_equalUtf8Consts(_Jv_Utf8Const, _Jv_Utf8Const)
(/lib/ssa/libgcj.so.4.0.0)
   at ActionNode.ActionNode(org.w3c.dom.Node)
(/home/com_/public_html/Thesis/src/v0.01/last/map/ActionNode.java:19)


any suggestions??

Ray

PS: Using new PPC (Naoko) rpms on ibook2.