[XML-SIG] namespace headache

[Uche Ogbuji]

> So the next part of my comment is of no use to you but I'll make it anyway:  
> 4DOM does get it right:
> 
> [uogbuji@borgia uogbuji]$ python
> Python 1.5.2 (#1, Mar 21 2000, 18:17:19)  [GCC 2.95.3 19991030 (prerelease)] 
> on linux-i386
> Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
> >>> from Ft.Dom.Ext.Reader import Sax2
> >>> source = """<ns:body xmlns:ns='namespace:'>
> ...     <ns:member attribute='value'>
> ...     </ns:member>
> ... </ns:body>"""
> >>> doc = Sax2.FromXml(source)
> >>> member = doc.documentElement.childNodes[1]
> >>> member
> <Element Node at 135665768: Name = 'ns:member' with 1 attributes and 1 
> children>
> >>> attr = member.attributes[0]
> >>> attr
> <Attribute Node at 134895008: Name = "attribute", Value = "value">
> >>> att.namespaceURI
> >>> attr.localName
> 'attribute'
> >>> attr.nodeName 
> 'attribute'
> >>> import Ft.Dom.Ext
> >>> Ft.Dom.Ext.GetAllNs(attr)
> {'ns': 'namespace:', 'xml': 'http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace'}
> >>>

What I get for C n P-ing from a terminal screen chunks at a time.  Looks like 
not only did I swipe a typo I'd meant to leave out, but I left out 4DOM's 
answer to "attr.namespaceURI".  For the record, it is '', but of course you 
don't have to take my word for it.  Give it a try.


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