Considering that's valid XML, that certainly sounds like a bug. Could you file an issue on jira for it? https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION
On 19 November 2016 at 17:52, Claude Warren <cla...@xenei.com> wrote: > I am attempting to use configuration2 for the first time and have run into > what I think is a bug. > > {noformat} > <h:html xmlns:xdc="http://www.xml.com/books" > xmlns:h="http://www.w3.org/HTML/1998/html4" > xmlns:x='http://xenei.org'> > <h:head><h:title>Book Review</h:title></h:head> > <h:body> > <xdc:bookreview> > <x:yoo>hoo</x:yoo> > <xdc:title>XML: A Primer</xdc:title> > <h:table> > <h:tr align="center"> > <h:td>Author</h:td><h:td>Price</h:td> > <h:td>Pages</h:td><h:td>Date</h:td></h:tr> > <h:tr align="left"> > <h:td><xdc:author>Simon St. Laurent</xdc:author></h:td> > <h:td><xdc:price>31.98</xdc:price></h:td> > <h:td><xdc:pages>352</xdc:pages></h:td> > <h:td><xdc:date>1998/01</xdc:date></h:td> > </h:tr> > </h:table> > </xdc:bookreview> > </h:body> > </h:html> > {noformat} > > will parse but > > {noformat} > <h:html xmlns:xdc="http://www.xml.com/books" > xmlns:h="http://www.w3.org/HTML/1998/html4"> > <h:head xmlns:x='http://xenei.org'><h:title>Book > Review</h:title></h:head> > <h:body> > <xdc:bookreview> > <x:yoo>hoo</x:yoo> > <xdc:title>XML: A Primer</xdc:title> > <h:table> > <h:tr align="center"> > <h:td>Author</h:td><h:td>Price</h:td> > <h:td>Pages</h:td><h:td>Date</h:td></h:tr> > <h:tr align="left"> > <h:td><xdc:author>Simon St. Laurent</xdc:author></h:td> > <h:td><xdc:price>31.98</xdc:price></h:td> > <h:td><xdc:pages>352</xdc:pages></h:td> > <h:td><xdc:date>1998/01</xdc:date></h:td> > </h:tr> > </h:table> > </xdc:bookreview> > </h:body> > </h:html> > {noformat} > > will not. > > Note the only difference is that the namespace for "x" is not declared on > the first element. Is this a bug or intended? > > Claude > > > -- > I like: Like Like - The likeliest place on the web > <http://like-like.xenei.com> > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/claudewarren > -- Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com>