Alternatively, you can do it the 'correct' way and just map the default namespace to a prefix and use the prefix in your XPaths.
Using something like this: Document document = reader.read(new File("findings.html")); XPath xp = DocumentFactory.getInstance().createXPath("//xhtml:[EMAIL PROTECTED]'content_left']"); Map ns = new HashMap(); ns.put( "xhtml","http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"); xp.setNamespaceURIs( ns); List nodes = xp.selectNodes( document.getRootElement()); Regards, Edwin -- http://www.edankert.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ dom4j-user mailing list dom4j-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dom4j-user