This looks like https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-1752, which was fixed in 0.6.1 via https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-1697. Is it possible for you to upgrade to 0.6.1?
Regards, Matt On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 12:05 PM, Hong Li <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Matt, > > I was trying to implement you suggestion with EvaluateXPath, but run into > a pop up error as shown in the screen copy below: > > > [image: Inline image 1] > > I think it has something to do with the processor, not your suggestion. I > tested separately your XPath expression outside Nifi. It worked. > > How may I handle this error? > > By the way, I'm using Nifi 0.6.0 > > Thanks. > Hong > > > > *Hong Li* > > *Centric Consulting* > > *In Balance* > (888) 781-7567 office > (614) 296-7644 mobile > www.centricconsulting.com | @Centric <https://twitter.com/centric> > > On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 9:08 PM, Matt Burgess <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hong, >> >> The use of a default namespace makes the XPath more tricky, as the >> namespace technically exists as a prefix although it is not visible in >> the document. As an example, I used this sample content: >> >> <report xmlns="http://cp.com/rules/client";> >> <entry>Hello</entry> >> </report> >> >> In order to get the value "Hello", I had to use wildcards and/or >> local-name(). The explicit path /report/entry needed to be changed to: >> >> /*[local-name()='report']/*[local-name()='entry'] >> >> Also //*[local-name()='entry'] works, and so on. Basically when you >> need to match a particular tag (versus using wildcards), you can use >> *[local-name='<your_tag_name_here>'] >> >> Regards, >> Matt >> >> >> On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 5:43 PM, Hong Li <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > The xml file I received comes with attribute xmlns such as >> > >> > <report xmlns="http://cp.com/rules/client";> >> > >> > >> > How may I use EvaluateXPath to process the xml file? >> > >> > Thanks. >> > Hong >> > >> > Hong Li >> > >> > Centric Consulting >> > >> > In Balance >> > (888) 781-7567 office >> > (614) 296-7644 mobile >> > www.centricconsulting.com | @Centric >> > >
