DO NOT REPLY [Bug 9167] - internally declared namespaces not resolved correctly by XPath processor

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internally declared namespaces not resolved correctly by XPath processor

garyp@firstech.com changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID



------- Additional Comments From garyp@firstech.com  2002-05-16 18:28 -------
Andrew --

ApplyXPath is designed to be a sample of how to use the XPathAPI which is a 
high level interface to the lower level XPath API that is actually used by 
XalanJ.  As a sample, it makes the assumption that the top level node of the 
XML document specified in the first document will be used as the context for 
resolving namespace prefixes.  After all, in your example, if the b: prefix was 
defined at different levels, which one should be used for the XPath specified 
in the second argument?

So, ApplyXPath makes the assumption that it will use the top level node for its 
namespace definition context which is why your second example is failing.

If you'd like it to work with the ApplyXPath sample, move the xmlns:b attribute 
up to the top level element, ie the a:b element.

ApplyXPath is working as designed.

Gary