Hi Varuna, Please find my comments inline.
On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Varuna Jayasiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need to clarify somethings about how namespaces are handled in XPath. I > tried searching through tutorials and specifications but still have a few > doubts. > > Can you please let me know how expressions such as *** are and *ns:** are > handled when there are namespaces in the XML. > > e.g. > *XML* > <ns1:node xmlns:ns1="test">abc</ns1:node> > <node>abc</node> > > XPath 1 > * > *should this select node* with namespace (Assuming that you meant to say "//*") Yes it should. > > > XPath 2 > ns:* > > should this select node without namespace > (assuming "//ns:*") No. However, if you are selecting a particular node, it should behave in a different manner. For examples: "//node" should result in only the second node and "//ns:node" should result in only the first node. HTH, Dumindu. -- Dumindu Pallewela Cinergix - "Share, Reuse, Innovate" cinergix.com
