[GROOVY-1033] gpath syntax for xml documents with namespaces

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-JSR-3
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-JSR-4
• Assignee: James Strachan
• Reporter: Rui Lopes
• Created: 30/Aug/05 09:19
• Updated: 02/Sep/05 12:20
• Resolved: 02/Sep/05 11:41

Description

currently, gpath expressions support xml namespaces, as fixed in issue GROOVY-953. however, as xml namespaces are usually long urls, using namespaces in gpath expressions become an impraticable task. example:

given the following xml:

<bar xmlns:x="http://a.very.long.namespace.goes.here">
<x:node x:test="foo" />
</bar>

to get the value "foo", we need to build the following gpath expression (assume "xml" as a representative of the "bar" node):

xml."http://a.very.long.namespace.goes.here:node"["http://a.very.long.namespace.goes.here:test"]

but if namespace aliases were enabled, it should be possible to select the same value with the following gpath expression:

xml."x:node"["x:test"]

is it possible to implement? i think this way it would be easier to parse complex xml documents with groovy

thanks!

Issue Links

• relates to: GROOVY-1040 support namespaced (QName) based navigations in the Node XML model.