[xsd-users] Parsing an undefined floating point number

[Homer J S]

Hello, using XSD I parsed an object that contains the following empty element (the missing value is supposed to be a float number):

    <md uom=""></md>

then I simply serialized it to standard output, I got

    <md uom="">1.93164647928294e-317</md>

I got other values in additon to 1.93164647928294e-317. Can someone please suggest a way to detect if the float value I am trying to retrieve (after parsing) is undefined.

Many thanks,

JS