The preferred option is to create a specific namespace prefix mapping and use this prefix in your xpath expression instead.
However otherwise ... you can try a more global xpath which selects the elements based on their name, something like: /*[name()='root']/*[name()='child'] Regards, Edwin ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ dom4j-user mailing list dom4j-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dom4j-user
