XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[John Cowan <cowan AT ccil.org>]

Sean Truman scripsit:

> Code:
> Element root = new Element("root","http://www.test.com/root";);
> root.appendChild(new Element("child"));
> Document nd = new Document(root);
> System.out.println("Document:"+nd.toXML());
> 
> Output:
> Document:<?xml version="1.0"?>
> <root xmlns="http://www.test.com/root";><child xmlns="" /></root>
> 
> Is there a reason that the child xmlns is empty? Or is this normal
> behavior?

You created the child with no namespace name, so on output it sets xmlns
to "" to preserve that.  XOM requires you to specify the namespace name
(or lack thereof) of an element or attribute when you create it, and
preserves it no matter how the tree is arranged or rearranged.

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