Re: [Freemarker-devel] XML stuff and XML name-spaces

[Jonathan R. <jo...@re...>]

Daniel Dekany wrote:
> I would like to note again, that the usage of this default_namespace_uri
> setting is really bad idea.

I've already decided that I don't like it.

> Other than <@doc.@xmlns default="..."/>
> seems to me more logical, the technical problem is that settings are
> global values. So if you process more XML documents... you see.

Yes, that occurred to me and bothered me.

What I am wondering is this, though.

Are we just needlessly banging our heads against the wall with this 
default namespace declaration idea?

I mean, basically, if the namespace was declared without a prefix, then 
it could just be used as the default.

And in the DOM context, that just basically means that a node has a 
namespace URI, but no namespace prefix. And you can check that, and that 
check seems legitimate, since one is not using the actual prefix, just 
whether there is one.

Jonathan

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