private static final boolean subPartMatchNS(String p,String t){
  return (p == t) || ((null != p) && ((p.length() > 0) ? ((t == WILD) || p.equals(t)) : null == t));
}

private static final boolean subPartMatchNS ( String p , String t ) { return ( p == t ) || ( ( null != p ) && ( ( p . length ( ) > 0 ) ? ( ( t == WILD ) || p . equals ( t ) ) : null == t ) ) ; }
this is temporary to patch over xerces issue with representing dom namespaces as " " .
