I posted this question on the Xalan Java User List, but didn't get any responses. I'm hoping someone here can help me.
Both Xalan 2.2.D11 and 2.2.D13 fail. I'm trying to select a node from a DOM using the XPathAPI.selectSingleNode() call. Everything works fine unless the XML has namespaces and I try to reference them in my XPath expression. For instance, take the following sample SOAP fault: <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"; xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";> <SOAP-ENV:Body> <SOAP-ENV:Fault> <faultcode>Client</faultcode> <faultstring>The SOAP message request did not contain the appropriate security token credentials required to execute a request on the server.</faultstring> <faultactor>Server</faultactor> <detail> <e:yourfaultdetails xmlns:e="mynamespace"> <message>The SOAP request did not contain a valid security token.</message> <errorcode>1000000</errorcode> </e:yourfaultdetails> </detail> </SOAP-ENV:Fault> </SOAP-ENV:Body> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope> In my Java code, when I call XPathAPI.selectSingleNode(doc, "/SOAP-ENV:Envelope/SOAP-ENV:Body/SOAP-ENV:Fault/faultcode"); It fails saying javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: Prefix must resolve to a namespace: SOAP-ENV So, I figure I need to use the selectSingleNode() API where I pass in a namespace node as the third parameter. BUT, FOR THE LOVE OF XALAN, WHAT IS A NAMESPACE NODE?! I've tried passing it the document root of the above SOAP fault. I've tried creating a new document with a single element with the SOAP-ENV namespace declared and passing that element as the third parameter. I've even declared the namespace in an element and passed the attribute that contains the "xmlns:SOAP-ENV" name. Please, someone, tell me what I'm doing wrong. Thanks, Scott
