[jdom-interest] xpath + namespace + no prefix

David Harrigan dharrigan at gmail.com
Wed Nov 15 05:56:31 PST 2006


Bah,

For those reading this on the web:

<A xmlns="http://www.somewhere.com">
  <B>
    <C>1234</C>
  </B>
</A>

-=david=-


David Harrigan wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having a bit of a problem. I'm receiving an XML document with the
> following example stucture:
> 
>  
>   
>     <C>1234</C>
>   
>  
> 
> If I try this:
> 
> XPath xPath = XPath.newInstance("//C");
> List<Element> elements = xPath.selectNodes(document);
> 
> I get back no elements
> 
> If I try this:
> 
> XPath xPath = XPath.newInstance("//C");
> xPath.addNamespace("", "http://www.somewhere.com");
> List<Element> elements = xPath.selectNodes(document);
> 
> I get back no elements
> 
> I believe the inclusions of the namespace is throwing xPath off (because
> the element has no prefix?)
> 
> Any help on this would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -=david=-
> 

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