> From: Dane Foster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 4:15 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Why createElementNS? > > > If I want to create an element and it's attribute of a particular > namespace, > Why should id use: > > String namespaceURI = "http://someuri.something";; > String elementName = "ns:someElement"; > String attName = "ns:someAttribute"; > String attValue = "someAttValue"; > > > Element e = createElementNS( namespaceURI, elementName ); > e.setAttributeNS( namespaceURI, attName, attValue ); > > instead of > > Element e = createElement( elementName ) > e.setAttribute( attName, attValue );
In the latter case, you aren't really placing the element into the intended namespace, and other users of the DOM probably wouldn't recognize the element. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
