XMLSerializer and default namespaces

Hi,

I've been using the XMLSerializer and really enjoy the API. The only feature
that I feel would be really helpful is some way to tell the serializer that
I'd prefer a certain start tag namespace declaration be a default namespace
declaration rather than have it generate and use a prefix for itself and all
children.

I was thinking that we could set the default the behavior of the serializer
via a feature (use prefixes as it does now, or use default declarations),
and then provide one additional start tag method with a boolean isDefaultNS
parameter which overrides the default behavior of the serializer. That way
you could let the serializer use prefixes as it does now, but switch to a
default namespace for certain tags where that makes sense.

Since the API is still pre-1.0 I'm hoping to get it into the standard.

The motivation is that some xml apps I deal with use their own, home grown
xml parsers that aren't namespace aware. So they will often only match the
bare tag name (prefixes throws them into a tizzy). This is most common with
J2ME midlets although I've seen some desktop apps doing the same.

Thanks

-iain 


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