Can I suggest using "declare namespace" to bind the prefix "bs" to the current namespace inside the XPath? I doubt it would know what the prefix means....
Radu On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 16:20 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm using xmlbeans-2.2.0 and saxonb8-6-1 and I'm trying to use > the XmlObject.selectPath function. > > Here my xml document: > > <bs:bookstore xmlns:bs="http://www.bsource.ch/bs";> > <book> > <id>1</id> > <author>author1</author> > <title>title1</title> > </book> > <book> > <id>2</id> > <author>author2</author> > <title>title2</title> > </book> > </bs:bookstore> > > generated using XmlCursor object in the following way: > > 1) in Bookstore constructor > > document = XmlObject.Factory.newInstance(); > cursor = document.newCursor(); > cursor.toNextToken(); > cursor.beginElement("bookstore", namespace); > > 2) when I add a book to my bookstore object > > public void add(Book book) throws BookstoreException > { > if (book == null) throw new ... > if (document == null) throw new ... > > id++; > book.setId("" + id); > > cursor.beginElement("book"); > cursor.insertElementWithText("id", book.getId()); > cursor.insertElementWithText("author", book.getAuthor()); > cursor.insertElementWithText("title", book.getTitle()); > cursor.toNextToken(); > } > > Now I'm trying to run the following piece of code: > > XmlObject[] elems = null; > ... > elems = > document.selectPath("$this/bs:bookstore/book[author='author2']/author"); > if (elems.length == 0) > throw new BookstoreException("no result found for the given path > expression"); > > but selectPath returns zero elems ! > I've checked the xpath expression > (/bs:bookstore/book[author='author2']/author) with XMLSpy against the > same xml document and the xpath expression seems to be correct ... so > I don't understand because selectPath fails to return the results. > > Could you give me please some hints on that ? > > Regards > Patrizio > > IMPORTANT: > This e-mail transmission is intended for the named > addressee(s)only. > Its contents are private, confidential and protected > from disclosure and should not be read, copied or > disclosed by any other person. > If you are not the intended recipient, we kindly ask > you to notify the sender immediately by telephone > (+41 (0)58 806 50 00), to redirect the message to the > account "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and to delete this e-mail. > E-mail transmissions may be intercepted, altered or > read by unauthorized persons and may contain viruses. > Therefore, it is recommended that you use regular mail > or courier services for any information intended to be > confidential. However, by sending us messages through > e-mail, you authorize and instruct us to correspond by > e-mail in the relevant matter. > Thank you. > > > Notice: This email message, together with any attachments, may contain information of BEA Systems, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliated entities, that may be confidential, proprietary, copyrighted and/or legally privileged, and is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named in this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please immediately return this by email and then delete it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
