[JCR-241] Remapping the default namespace

• Type: Wish
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: namespace
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jukka Zitting
• Created: 06/Oct/05 01:40
• Updated: 13/Oct/06 16:13
• Resolved: 09/Oct/06 17:32

Description

I'm not sure if this is a bug, feature or standard behaviour, but currently it is not possible to remap the default namespace to some other prefix. The following code throws a NamespaceException:

session.setNamespacePrefix("foo", "");

At least the Session.setNamespacePrefix() javadoc doesn't seem to prohibit changing the prefix of the default namespace and I couldn't find anything more specific in the JCR specification document. Restrictions are only placed on remapping the xml namespace.

Note that the current nodetype code is actually relying on the default namespace being mapped to the empty prefix, so changing this would require small changes there as well.

I haven't really run into any cases where I'd have needed such functionality, but it would be nice to clarify this issue.