[GROOVY-1035] gpath is broken when using xml namespaces in attributes

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-JSR-4
• Assignee: James Strachan
• Reporter: Rui Lopes
• Created: 01/Sep/05 07:47
• Updated: 02/Sep/05 12:20
• Resolved: 02/Sep/05 11:55

Description

GPath can address xml nodes with namespaces enabled, but when the node is an attribute (and it belongs to a specific xml namespace) the selection always returns null.

Example xml file:

<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
<rdf:Description rdf:about="#Potato">
</rdf:Description>

<rdf:Description rdf:about="#Salad">
</rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>

It is impossible to return all "rdf:about" attribute values with the current implementation of xml namespaces support in gpath. Though, element nodes can be addressed, as well as namespaceless general nodes.

being "xml" the "rdf:RDF" node, we have the following:

xml."http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#:Description"["@http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#:about"] returns [null, null] instead of "#Potato", "#Salad"

Also, GROOVY-1033 addresses a similar issue, regarding xml namespaces aliases.

Issue Links

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