--- src/com/bea/xml/stream/StaticAllocator.java
+++ src/com/bea/xml/stream/StaticAllocator.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     
     Iterator ni = XMLEventAllocatorBase.getNamespaces(reader);
     while (ni.hasNext())
-      startElement.addAttribute((Namespace)ni.next());
+      startElement.addAttribute((Attribute)ni.next());
     return startElement;
   }
 
--- src/com/bea/xml/stream/samples/Parse.java
+++ src/com/bea/xml/stream/samples/Parse.java
@@ -122,11 +122,12 @@
   }
   
   private static void printNamespace(Namespace a) {
-    System.out.println("PREFIX: " + a.getName().getPrefix());
-    System.out.println("NAMESP: " + a.getName().getNamespaceURI());
-    System.out.println("NAME:   " + a.getName().getLocalPart());
-    System.out.println("VALUE:  " + a.getValue());
-    System.out.println("TYPE:   " + a.getDTDType());
+    Attribute at = (Attribute) a;
+    System.out.println("PREFIX: " + at.getName().getPrefix());
+    System.out.println("NAMESP: " + at.getName().getNamespaceURI());
+    System.out.println("NAME:   " + at.getName().getLocalPart());
+    System.out.println("VALUE:  " + at.getValue());
+    System.out.println("TYPE:   " + at.getDTDType());
   }
 }