[dom4j-user] XPath Namespace Question

[Terry Steichen]

I know a variant of this question has come up before, but I couldn't find it in a search of the archives.  Assume I have a file structured something like this:   <doc xmlns:xx="urlxx" xmlns:dc="urlyyy" xmlns="urlns"> <title>My Book</title> <date>My Date</date> <dc:author>My Author</dc:author> </doc>   If I convert it to a DOM, I can operate on it easily: String title = doc.elementText("title"); String date = doc.elementText("date");   However, when I get to the author element, the only way I can make work is: String author = doc.selectSingleNode("*[local-name() = 'author']").getText();   Isn't there a more straightforward and robust way to get element values when a namespace happens to be involved?   I have a feeling this is a really dumb question with a *really* simple answer, but I'm stuck, so here it is.   Regards,   Terry