Seek XPath Expression

Join Bytes! wrote:

Quote: Originally Posted by This may be so easy no one responds. > What is the XPath expression that fetches the value PPV - the PersistentTicket? > The namespace thing is throwing me off. > Thanks. > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/ XMLSchema"><soap:Header><CompanyAuthHeader xmlns="http:// webservices.monster.com/MonsterPortal"><PersistentTicket>PPV</ PersistentTicket> </CompanyAuthHeader> </soap:Header> <soap:Body> <AuthenticateByCompanyAccessTicketResponse xmlns="http://ws.com/VX"> <AuthenticateByCompanyAccessTicketResult>true</ AuthenticateByCompanyAccessTicketResult> </AuthenticateByCompanyAccessTicketResponse> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope> >

The most efficient would be:

/soap:Envelope/soap:Header/
monster:CompanyAuthHeader/monster:PersistentTicket/text()

where you have declared (by whatever means appropriate in the tool
you're using)

xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:monster="http://webservices.monster.com/MonsterPortal"


You could also do:

//monster:PersistentTicket/text()

or (without declaring the namespaces):

//*[local-name() = 'PersistentTicket' and namespace::node()[. =
'http://webservices.monster.com/MonsterPortal']]/text()

pr wrote:

Quote: Originally Posted by //*[local-name() = 'PersistentTicket' and namespace::node()[. = 'http://webservices.monster.com/MonsterPortal']]/text()

Sorry. Should be:

//*[local-name() = 'PersistentTicket' and namespace-uri() =
'http://webservices.monster.com/MonsterPortal']/text()

On Jun 12, 4:27*am, pr <p...@porl.globalnet.co.ukwrote:

Quote: Originally Posted by pr wrote: Quote: Originally Posted by * //*[local-name() = 'PersistentTicket' and namespace::node()[. = * * 'http://webservices.monster.com/MonsterPortal']]/text() > Sorry. Should be: > * *//*[local-name() = 'PersistentTicket' and namespace-uri() = * * *'http://webservices.monster.com/MonsterPortal']/text()

This worked perfectly. Thanks Pr.

I'm using Java (org.jdom.xpath.XPath) which has the following method:

addNamespace(java.lang.String prefix, java.lang.String uri)
which adds a namespace definition (prefix and URI) to the list of
namespaces known of this XPath expression.

My this case, what are the values of prefix and uri?

Thanks.

Join Bytes! wrote:

Quote: Originally Posted by I'm using Java (org.jdom.xpath.XPath) which has the following method: > addNamespace(java.lang.String prefix, java.lang.String uri) which adds a namespace definition (prefix and URI) to the list of namespaces known of this XPath expression. > My this case, what are the values of prefix and uri?

The prefix is up to you, provided you don't repeat a prefix already used
in your document (e.g. 'soap'), start the prefix with a letter or
underscore, and confine yourself to the characters

A-Z a-z 0-9 _ - .

(or consult <URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-namesfor the full range of
permissible characters, software permitting).

Without knowing Java in any detail, I presume

addNamespace("monster",
"http://webservices.monster.com/MonsterPortal")

is appropriate if you want to use

monster:PersistentTicket

in your XPath, and

addNamespace("m", "http://webservices.monster.com/MonsterPortal")

if you want to use

m:PersistentTicket

The significant thing about the namespace is its URI - you could add the
namespace twice and use the prefixes interchangeably, although that
might be unnecessarily confusing :-)