Add a failing test for #167

Author: cowtowncoder

src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/failing/EmptyElement167Test.java

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+package com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.failing;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlTestBase;
+
+public class EmptyElement167Test extends XmlTestBase
+{
+    static class A {
+        public String d;
+    }
+
+    /*
+    /**********************************************************
+    /* Test methods
+    /**********************************************************
+     */
+
+    private final XmlMapper MAPPER = new XmlMapper();
+    
+    public void testIssue167() throws Exception
+    {
+        final String XML =
+"<a xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'>\n"+
+"<d xsi:nil='true'/>\n"+
+"</a>\n";
+        A result = MAPPER.readValue(XML, A.class);
+        assertNotNull(result);
+    }
+}