Namespace Problem in XPath

[shruti]

Hi,   I am querying the following xml document using the xpath expression - //my:book . It does not return anything . how do we resolve namespaces using xalan xpath api.....   <?xml version="1.0"?> <bookstore specialty="novel" xmlns:my="http://www.placeholder-name-here.com/schema/"> <my:book style="leather" price="29.50"> <my:title>Who's Who in Trenton</my:title> <my:author>Robert Bob</my:author> </my:book> <book style="autobiography">         <title>Seven Years in Trenton</title>         <author>             <first-name>Joe</first-name>             <last-name>Bob</last-name>             <award>Trenton Literary Review Honorable Mention</award>         </author>         <price>12</price>  </book> </bookstore>   Thanx Shruti