[dom4j-user] Element.addElement() & namespaces

[David Thielen]

Hi;   Calling Element.addElement(“name”) gives different results from Element.addElement(“name”, “default_uri”) where in the parent (not root) node I have xmlns="default_uri"   Shouldn’t they be identical?   Example 1: Element elem = xmlElement.addElement("CustomDocumentProperties", "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"); elem.addNamespace("", "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office); Element sub = elem.addElement("WindwardReports", "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office");   Produces:   <CustomDocumentProperties xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office">     <WindwardReports dt:dt="string">Version: 4.0.12</WindwardReports>   </CustomDocumentProperties>   Example 2: Element elem = xmlElement.addElement("CustomDocumentProperties", "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"); elem.addNamespace("", "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office); Element sub = elem.addElement("WindwardReports”);   Produces:   <CustomDocumentProperties xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office">     <WindwardReports xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" dt:dt="string">Version: 4.0.12</WindwardReports>   </CustomDocumentProperties>   Why is it adding the xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" in example 2 to <WindwardReports   ??? – thanks – dave     David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544