XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Mike Miller <mm8041 AT gmail.com>]

I somewhat realized that namespace issues might be causing my dilema and
to tell you the truth, I think they are more of a pita than they're worth,
but
nevertheless, stating that I don't understand how namespaces fit into xpath
queries is not really a help, that's obvious.

So to help me out here, it was my impression that tags within an xml
document
that are not preceeded by <something:  do not have namespaces applied, is
this
incorrect?  If so, then I assume there is some default namespace that
applies to
all tags when one is not specified?  If it's too much to explain this to me,
then
could I get a link that would clarify?

Or if its not too difficult, can I get a simple example of using the query
method
with xpath to drill into a document when namespaces are involved?

Thanks,
Mike
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 2:56 AM, Dave Pawson <dave.pawson AT gmail.com> wrote:

> On 3 March 2011 00:01, Mike Miller <mm8041 AT gmail.com> wrote:
> > Not sure if this went through the first time:
> >
> >  Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to use Xpath
>
> > So my doc looks like this:
> > <root a bunch of namespace crap>
>               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> > So I tried something like:
> >  nodes = doc.query("/root/result/space");
> >  then when I dumped the size of nodes, it is 0, but i expected 1 because
> > there is 1
>
> Your 'bunch of namespace crap' isn't crap
> when you want to use xpath.
>
> Perhaps you need a little more understanding there prior
> to using xpath?
>
>
>
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