Yes, I agree. I am converting a non-Java application to Java in which XPath was used quite extensively in the code. In the old non-Java language the XPath worked just fine without using namespace prefixes. It would be nice if I could use those XPath expressions as is, without going through the trouble of prefixing every single node in the XPath expression.
In regards to the code that you showed me for removing the namespace from an xml document, I was just wondering if there was an easier way for doing it. Is there a command in dom4j by which you can remove the namespace from the root element, and by doing so there would no longer be any namespace in the xml document. I mean for example, if we have the following xml <Document xmlns="http://www.web.com/apps/RunRequest";> <LOGIN_LIST filter="Primary"> <LOGIN> <USERID>testuser1</USERID> <PASSWORD>password</PASSWORD> </LOGIN> </LOGIN_LIST> </Document> Could I do something like this document.getRootElement().removeNamespace(...) and then the resulting xml document would become <Document> <LOGIN_LIST filter="Primary"> <LOGIN> <USERID>testuser1</USERID> <PASSWORD>password</PASSWORD> </LOGIN> </LOGIN_LIST> </Document> Is there such a thing in dom4j? I am asking since I am still fairly new to dom4j and maybe the dom4j experts could let me know. Thanks. --- Evan Kirkconnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, I did something similar for a while. The > XPath is still ugly > IMO. You may be surprised at how fast dom4j can > strip them. I did some > tests to see if it was viable, and I think it was > only like 10 > milliseconds for a decent size document. It was a > long time ago though... ********************************************************** * Saladin Sharif * e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Visit homepage @ http://gaia.ecs.csus.edu/~sharifs ********************************************************** ____________________________________________________________________________________ Have a burning question? Go to www.Answers.yahoo.com and get answers from real people who know. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
