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+package com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.failing;%0A%0Aimport com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlMapper;%0Aimport com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlTestBase;%0A%0Apublic class EmptyElement167Test extends XmlTestBase%0A%7B%0A    static class A %7B%0A        public String d;%0A    %7D%0A%0A    /*%0A    /**********************************************************%0A    /* Test methods%0A    /**********************************************************%0A     */%0A%0A    private final XmlMapper MAPPER = new XmlMapper();%0A    %0A    public void testIssue167() throws Exception%0A    %7B%0A        final String XML =%0A%22%3Ca xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'%3E%5Cn%22+%0A%22%3Cd xsi:nil='true'/%3E%5Cn%22+%0A%22%3C/a%3E%5Cn%22;%0A        A result = MAPPER.readValue(XML, A.class);%0A        assertNotNull(result);%0A    %7D%0A%7D%0A

Add a failing test for #167