--- /dev/null	Mon Nov 17 20:05:35 2014
+++ new/test/javax/xml/jaxp/unittest/javax/xml/stream/XMLStreamReaderTest/IssueTracker70.java	Mon Nov 17 20:05:34 2014
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReaderTest;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader;
+
+import org.testng.Assert;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/*
+ * @summary Test it can retrieve attribute with null or empty name space.
+ */
+public class IssueTracker70 {
+
+    static private final File testFile = new File(IssueTracker70.class.getResource("IssueTracker70.xml").getFile());
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetAttributeValueWithNullNs() throws Exception {
+    	testGetAttributeValueWithNs(null, "attribute2", this::checkNull);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetAttributeValueWithEmptyNs() throws Exception {
+    	testGetAttributeValueWithNs("", "attribute1", this::checkNull);
+    }
+    
+    
+    private void testGetAttributeValueWithNs(String nameSpace, String attrName, Consumer<String> checker) throws Exception {
+        XMLInputFactory xif = XMLInputFactory.newInstance();
+        XMLStreamReader xsr = xif.createXMLStreamReader(new FileInputStream(testFile));
+
+        while (xsr.hasNext()) {
+            xsr.next();
+            if (xsr.isStartElement()) {
+                String v;
+                v = xsr.getAttributeValue(nameSpace, attrName);
+                checker.accept(v);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    private void checkNull(String value)
+    {
+    	Assert.assertNotNull(value, "should have attribute value");
+    }
+}