handler.characters( childvalue.toCharArray(), 0, childvalue.length() );
handler.endElement( childURI, childlocal, childraw );
handler.startElement( rootURI, emptylocal, emptyraw, emptyAttributes );
handler.endElement( rootURI, emptylocal, emptyraw );
handler.endElement( null, null, rootraw);
handler.endPrefixMapping( "child" );
handler.endDocument();
final Configuration configuration = handler.getConfiguration();
assertEquals( attValue, configuration.getAttribute(attqName));