Re: How do I access the original name for XML elements, including the original namespace prefix.

Thursday, October 23, 2008, 2:17:04 AM, Geoff Shuetrim wrote:

> On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 13:19 +0200, Daniel Dekany wrote:
> [snip]
>> I
>> still think that the easiest would be if you configure the document
>> builder factory to namespace unaware. Of course, if you also have to
>> use the same DOM for other purposes than reproducing an XML source
>> code, then that's not an option.
> [snip]
>
> You are right that this is the sticking point.  The DOM is more normally
> used for things where namespace awareness is critical.  I can parse the
> XML document both ways but that is not particularly elegant so I have
> been casting around for other options.
>
> I am not sure I quite get Jonathan's suggestion yet.  Does it involve
> tinkering with the Freemarker freemarker.ext.dom.ElementModel and
> freemarker.ext.dom.NodeOutputter classes so that I can use
> @@original_prefix as a key for element nodes?  That looks like it would
> work but it is a pity to be customising Freemarker directly.

I meant that *we* could add that. However, more would be needed for
what you need. First of all, you can't even get the local name of the
element, so @@local_name should be added too. Secondly, you will have
to generate the xmlns:... attributes as well, and as things stand you
can't even get their @@qname now, as it seems to be undefined.

> As a side question, where can I read about the convention regarding
> variables with names that start with @ and @@?  I have not come across
> anything in the reference pages on the website.

As I said earlier:
http://freemarker.org/docs/xgui_imperative_formal.html

> Regards
>
> Geoff Shuetrim
>
>
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Best regards,
 Daniel Dekany


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