Have you not read our ongoing debate? It's very related. :-) Basically, the answer is 'no', but I think it should be 'yes'. If you're bold enough to remove the namespaces, take a look at code here:
http://www.mail-archive.com/dom4j-user%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg02511.html --Evan S. Sharif wrote: > Sorry, please ignore my previous e-mail. You already > provided the correct solution. I tried it and it > works. > > One more last question. Is it always necessary to > specify the namespace in order for the XPath to work? > Is there a way for me to ignore the namespace and just > have the XPath work without looking at the namespace? > > For example, what if I want the following XPath > > "Document/[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Primary']/LOGIN/USERID" > > to work on both the following XML documents: > > An xml document not specifying any namespace > > <Document> > <LOGIN_LIST filter="Primary"> > <LOGIN> > <USERID>testuser1</USERID> > <PASSWORD>novell</PASSWORD> > </LOGIN> > </LOGIN_LIST> > </Document> > > as well as those xml documents who happen to specify a > default namespace for the entire document, such as > > <Document > xmlns="http://www.nget.com/coreapps/RunDVPRequest";>> > <LOGIN_LIST filter="Primary"> > <LOGIN> > <USERID>testuser1</USERID> > <PASSWORD>novell</PASSWORD> > </LOGIN> > </LOGIN_LIST> > </Document> > > Can't I use a single XPath > "Document/[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Primary']/LOGIN/USERID" > to work for both situations? > > Thanks. > > > --- Edwin Dankert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> This doesn't work, instead you will have to define a >> prefix for the >> namespace, it does not matter that the prefix in you >> code does not >> match the one in the XML document (actually the code >> wouldn't be very >> portable if this had to be case)! >> >> >>> try { >>> HashMap<String, String> map = new >>> >> HashMap<String, String>(); >> >>> // usually I put the prefix here as the first >>> >> parameter >> >> map.put("we", >> "http://www.nget.com/coreapps/RunDVPRequest";); >> >> >> XPath xpath = new >> >> > Dom4jXPath("we:Document/we:[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Primary']/we:LOGIN/we:USERID"); > >>> xpath.setNamespaceContext(new >>> >> SimpleNamespaceContext(map)); >> >>> return xpath.selectNodes(_xml); >>> } catch (JaxenException e) { >>> System.err.println("Trouble with Jaxen..."); >>> return null; >>> } >>> >> 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 > > > > ********************************************************** > * Saladin Sharif > * e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * Visit homepage @ http://gaia.ecs.csus.edu/~sharifs > ********************************************************** > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate > in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
