Patches item #1218625, was opened at 2005-06-11 06:58 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by maartenc You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=316035&aid=1218625&group_id=16035
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: None Group: None >Status: Closed >Resolution: Fixed Priority: 5 Submitted By: larry hamel (larham) >Assigned to: Maarten Coene (maartenc) Summary: faq for XPath using default namespace Initial Comment: hi, Attached is faq.fml with a new entry for XPath using default namespace (faq.fml modified from CVS 10 June 2005). I hope that you will consider adding this since there are several questions about this issue already. Below is the diff. thanks, larry hamel ------------------ Index: faq.fml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/dom4j/dom4j/xdocs/faq.fml,v retrieving revision 1.6 diff -r1.6 faq.fml 621a622,674 > <faq id="xpath-with-default-namespace"> > <question>XPath fails: how can I work around a default > namespace?</question> > <answer> > > <p>Say you have an XML document that declares a default namespace, as > in the example below, > where the first 'xmlns' definition that has no colon after 'xmlns', > thus making it the default: > </p> > > <pre><![CDATA[ > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <assessmentItem xmlns="http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imsqti_v2p0"; > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imsqti_v2p0 imsqti_v2p0.xsd" > identifier="choiceMultiple" title="Composition of Water" adaptive="false" > timeDependent="false"> > <itemBody> > <choiceInteraction responseIdentifier="blah" shuffle="true" > maxChoices="0"> > <prompt>Which of the following elements are components of > water?</prompt> > > <simpleChoice identifier="H" fixed="false">Hydrogen</simpleChoice> > <simpleChoice identifier="O" fixed="false">Oxygen</simpleChoice> > <simpleChoice identifier="N" fixed="false">Nitrogen</simpleChoice> > <simpleChoice identifier="Cl" > fixed="false">Chlorine</simpleChoice> > > </choiceInteraction> > </itemBody> > </assessmentItem> > ]]> > </pre> > <p>Because XPath does not assume a default namespace (as per the > specification--no fault of dom4j), > the following query will fail: > </p> > <pre> > List choiceList = root.selectNodes("//simpleChoice"); > </pre> > > <p> > For the example above, you could use the entire > namespace identifier in front of each XPath element. Instead, you > can define > a prefix for the default namespace in code, and make it part of > the XPath query: > </p> > <pre> > HashMap map = new HashMap(); > map.put("qti", > "http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imsqti_v2p0";); > > XPath xpath = DocumentHelper.createXPath("//qti:simpleChoice"); > xpath.setNamespaceURIs(map); > List choiceList = xpath.selectNodes(root); > </pre> > > </answer> > </faq> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Maarten Coene (maartenc) Date: 2005-07-22 12:18 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=178745 Fixed in the DOM4J_1_X_BRANCH: Checking in faq.fml; /cvsroot/dom4j/dom4j/xdocs/faq.fml,v <-- faq.fml new revision: 1.6.2.1; previous revision: 1.6 done thanks! Maarten ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=316035&aid=1218625&group_id=16035 ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ dom4j-dev mailing list dom4j-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dom4j-dev
