[jdom-interest] Re: Very basic question about namespaces.

[Bart Read]

Thanks very much.  That's great!
Bart


----- Original Message -----
From: "Elliotte Rusty Harold" <elharo at metalab.unc.edu>
To: "Bart Read" <bart at wdi.co.uk>; <jdom-interest at jdom.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 11:40 AM
Subject: [jdom-interest] Re: Very basic question about namespaces.


> At 11:37 AM +0100 4/17/02, Bart Read wrote:
> >Hi All,
> >
> >
> >Just a quick query about namespaces.  Can't seem to find what I'm looking
> >for in any of my books or on the web but somebody here is bound to know.
> >
> >We're using JDOM b8 in a messaging application that is used to transfer
data
> >between various organisations.  I have an element like this:
> >
> ><spoxml:entity name="aaa">
> >      <spoxml:parameter>
> >       <spoxml:name>bbb</spoxml:name>
> >       <spoxml:value>ccc</spoxml:value>
> >      </spoxml:parameter>
> >     ...
> >     ...
> ></spoxml:entity>
> >
> >I want to extract the value of the 'name' attribute from the
'spoxml:entity'
> >element, so do I use
> >
> >public java.lang.String getAttributeValue(java.lang.String name)
> >
> >or
> >
> >public java.lang.String getAttributeValue(java.lang.String name,
> >                                           Namespace ns)
> >
> >to do it?
> >
>
> THe former.
>
> >Is the attribute included within the 'spoxml' namespace because its
parent
> >element is within this namespace, or is it in the default namespace (i.e.
> >would I need to call it 'spoxml:name' for it to be in the 'spoxml'
> >namespace)?
> >
>
> Unprefixed attributes are never in any namespace. This is a
> fundamental rule of namespaces in XML.
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