Re: [xml] namespaces redeclarations

[Petr Pajas <pajas ufal mff cuni cz>]

On Tuesday 17 April 2007, Arne Van Theemsche wrote:
> Hi
>
> I use the perl interfaces to libxml2

I'm the current maintainer of it. XML::LibXML is not discussed here but on 
perl-xml listserv activestate com 

> imagine I parse an xml like
>
> <foo xmlns:ns2=http://www.foo.bar>
>   <ns2:bar/>
> </foo>
>
> and then i do a createElementNS("http://www.foo.bar","bar2";) and an
> appendChild on the "ns2:bar" I will end up in something like
>
>  <foo xmlns:ns2=http://www.foo.bar>
>   <ns2:bar><bar2 xmlns="http://www.foo.bar"/></ns2:bar>
> </foo>

Which is correct given your code.

> this is syntax wise ok, but i would rather end up in something like
>
>  <foo xmlns:ns2=http://www.foo.bar>
>   <ns2:bar><ns2:bar2/></ns2:bar>
> </foo>
>
> is there a solution to this or am I just making problems for nothing? :)

yes, use createElementNS("http://www.foo.bar","ns2:bar2";);

-- Petr Pajas