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Posted to j-users@xerces.apache.org by John Hall <jo...@evergo.net> on 2001/03/19 23:55:40 UTC

Newbie. Default Namespace dosen't work? WebDav.

My company is using Xerces 1.2.3 (J) for its XML parser.  We are
implementing WebDav.

The parser calls my function when a new element is encountered:
startElement( String p_namespaceName, String p_localName, String raw,
Attributes p_attrs)

When I use the following XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<propfind xmnls="DAV:" >
  <prop>
    <creationdate/>
  </prop>
</propfind>

I expect p_namespaceName to be DAV: for prop, creationdate and
propfind, because I have declared the default namespace xmnls=DAV:.
However, my system is giving me an empty string for the namespace.  So I can
t tell whether a default namespace was correctly used, or the element is a
part of the null namespace (which would be illegal).

Is this a known problem, or is there something I should be doing
differently?

Re: Newbie. Default Namespace dosen't work? WebDav.

Posted by Hilary Bannister <hi...@cwcom.net>.

Namespaces are defined with the string "xmlns" and not "xmnls".  xmnls will be treated as an attribute.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Hall 
  To: xerces-j-user@xml.apache.org 
  Sent: 19 March 2001 22:55
  Subject: Newbie. Default Namespace dosen't work? WebDav.

  My company is using Xerces 1.2.3 (J) for its XML parser.  We are implementing WebDav.

  The parser calls my function when a new element is encountered:

  'startElement( String p_namespaceName, String p_localName, String raw, Attributes p_attrs)

  When I use the following XML:

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

  <propfind xmnls="DAV:" >

    <prop>

      <creationdate/>

    </prop>

  </propfind>

  I expect "p_namespaceName" to be "DAV:" for "prop", "creationdate" and "propfind", because I have declared the default namespace "xmnls="DAV:".  However, my system is giving me an empty string for the namespace.  So I can't tell whether a default namespace was correctly used, or the element is a part of the null namespace (which would be illegal).

  Is this a known problem, or is there something I should be doing differently?