XPath. Child has a default namespace, how to get its elements?

Question

How to get the element of CCC? Xpath sees only the s:Envelope and s:Body.

<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    <s:Body>
        <BBB xmlns="https://services">
            <CCC>test</CCC>
        </BBB>
    </s:Body>
</s:Envelope>

Michael Kay · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-27 07:29:59Z

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Assuming the namespace context for your XPath expression contains the namespace bindings

s = http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/
t = https://services

then the XPath expression

/s:Envelope/s:Body/t:BBB/t:CCC

will find the CCC element.

The way in which you establish namespace bindings depends on the XPath API you are using.

answered Jun 27, 2013 at 7:29

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Gleb Belyaev Over a year ago

The namespace context for my XPath expression not contains the namespace binding t = https://services in this issue

Gleb Belyaev Over a year ago

I can not add it, the answer is a third-party service

JLRishe Over a year ago

@GlebBelyaev Michael Kay is saying to add it to your XPath processor, not to the source XML.

Ria · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-27 08:00:32Z

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try this:

/s:Envelope/s:Body/*:BBB/*:CCC

answered Jun 27, 2013 at 8:00

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Gleb Belyaev Over a year ago

Here's another way to //*[local-name()='CCC']

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