Thanks Oliver for clarifying this....
Oliver Heger-3 wrote: > > bnreddy schrieb: >> Hi christian, >> >> From my understanding (correct me if I am wrong)... "The root element >> is >> ignored when constructing keys". but this is when XMLConfiguration is >> using >> DefaultExpressionEngine.... >> >> Is root element ignored even when the XPathExpressionEngine is being >> used >> by XMLConfig... >> >> The problem is ...there are preexisting XPaths and we need to fit this >> in >> that... >> >> as per shouldn't the XMLConfiguration be able to support all legal >> XPath's >> instead of trimming root elements... > > XMLConfiguration used to ignore the root element from the very > beginning. Expression engines were introduces later, but when the > refactoring was done this behavior was not changed to remain backwards > compatible. > > When XPathExpressionEngine was implemented it seems only natural to > mimic the behavior of DefaultExpressionEngine to be consistent. > > Oliver > >> >> >> >> this is noted in the user guide: XPathExpressionEngine expressions >> ignore the root element - so just leave it away. What problems could >> arise from this? >> >> christian! >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@commons.apache.org > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Commons-XMLConfiguration-Issue---XPath-query-with--root-tp22704510p22723428.html Sent from the Commons - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@commons.apache.org
