Hi
Just wanted to bring the above bug
"XPath Namespace resolver fails when namespace starts with a #"
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6919625
to the attention of this list, since I've run into the same issue.
In my case, the namespace looks like a GUID:
xmlns:ns3='25863374-67c0-4723-8c21-1fb7e315143b'
Someone went to a lot of effort to report the bug against the openjdk,
but it appears to have languished with Oracle...
I had a look through Apache JIRA, but couldn't see it there...
If this is not a known issue, please let me know, and I'll submit it to JIRA.
thanks .. Jason