Namespace-aware XPath expression 2003-02-04 - By Jesus M. Salvo Jr.
Jeff Greif wrote:
>That's what I explained in my previous mail. MyPrefixResolver gets a map
>that looks like this {"__mm7__" -> "namespace1",
>"__ns8__" ->"othernamespace", ...}. You write your xpath using
>/__mm7__:foo/__mm7__:bar without any regard for what prefixes are used in
>the document. The resolver resolves prefix __mm7__ to namespace1, which
>will match to corresponding nodes from namespace1 in the document,
>regardless of what prefix is used in the document.
>
OK ... I misunderstood ....That's the part that I missed. I have to try
this to believe it.
Maybe somebody needs to setup an FAQ on how to do this ... because I
would probably not be the last one to ask this question.
>The only way you'd be
>messed up is if someone actually used __mm7__ in the document to refer to
>some other namespace, which is why I suggested using unlikely prefixes in
>the map and the xpath.
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If your above suggestion works ... then I am ok with it in my specific
case... although it be better to have a solution that works on all cases. :)
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