Xerces XmlSerializer + namespaces?

[Mark]

Sorry if this has been answered before - I searched but could not find
the answer.

If I serialize an element from within a document is there a way to
force the output of the namespaces that are in scope on that element?

E.g. suppose I have:

<doc xmlns:fred="uri:fred">
<element attr="fred:something"/>
</doc>

And I serialize <element> is there a way I can force the output of the
xmlns:fred declaration too?

If you wonder where this question is coming from I'm actually working
on using Castor to analyse the schema definitions from within a WSDL
types definition!

Many thanks in advance for any intelligent answers!

 

[Philippe Poulard]

Sorry if this has been answered before - I searched but could not find
the answer.

If I serialize an element from within a document is there a way to
force the output of the namespaces that are in scope on that element?

E.g. suppose I have:

<doc xmlns:fred="uri:fred">
<element attr="fred:something"/>
</doc>

And I serialize <element> is there a way I can force the output of the
xmlns:fred declaration too?

If you wonder where this question is coming from I'm actually working
on using Castor to analyse the schema definitions from within a WSDL
types definition!

Many thanks in advance for any intelligent answers!

hi,

did you check if your serializer didn't have an option such as "force
output for unused xmlns declaration" ?
if your serializer doesn't have this feature, maybe you should change
for another one (however, it seems that such a feature is somewhat
unusual, i don't know if an existing serializer support it, sorry)

here is also a dirty hack :
<doc xmlns:fred="uri:fred" fred:xmlns="">
<element attr="fred:something"/>
</doc>
using xmlns as a local name could have a special meaning "don't
serialize this attribute" (but as it is present, serialize the xmlns
declaration that declares the prefix) ; what people are thinking about
that ?
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Cordialement,

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