I'm implementing a messaging interface and I have had some success. Thanks to a previous thread, I started using the messaging router. So that works now. I am able to peal off the XML in the body element, but w/ one prob. The root element of what I grab has an
xmlns="" and I believe this is breaking a Xalan transform later in the method. I grab the element like this: Element bodyNode = (Element) env.getBody().getBodyEntries().elementAt(0); Element source = (Element) bodyNode.getElementsByTagName("source").item(0).getFirstChild(); Sample XML: <Statement xmlns=""> <Parameters> ...filler... </Parameters> <Accounts> ... stuff ... <Accounts> </Account> </Accounts> </Statement> So, my question is how do I get this element w/o a namespace declaration, or if that is not possible, how can I get Xalan to ignore it? -- David B. Bitton [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.codenoevil.com Code Made Fresh DailyT