On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Tom Oehser wrote:
>
> Given a document:
>
> <one xmlns='asdf'><two three='four'></two></one>
>
> Using the XPath:
>
> //*[name()='one']/two/@three
>
> Which seems to mean to mean either that it should work or that it should fail
>depending on which
> day I am reading the spec.... Is Xalan right, or is dom4j right?
A-ha! dom4j/jaxen beats Xalan!
We went 'round and 'round on this, and I think we're correct.
Your XPath is for elements not in a namespace, while your
document contains elements in a namespace. The fact that
your document uses the default namespace mechanism is
irrelevant, as the XPath doesn't inherit *any* namespace
mappings from the document.
You need to bind a prefix to the namespace in a NamespaceContext
for your XPath, and then use that prefix. There's no concept
of 'default namespace' rules in xpaths, so you have to be
explicit about it.
Wacky, but true.
-bob
(surpised to learn Xalan is non-conformant)
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