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emilien
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15 years ago

Inconsistent Xpath results.

I have been having issues trying to get the Xpath result of certain elements. And is causing some discomfort when dealing with transferring elements from one step to another. Sometimes it returns a value, sometimes it returns the whole element. This is rather bothersome to deal with when passing elements from one step to another.

example:

<env:Envelope xmlns:env="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <env:Header/>
   <env:Body>
      <m:registerRequestResponse xmlns:m="http://www.openuri.org/">
         <urn:RegisterMapResponse xmlns:urn="urn:oo:pov:ldq:nrm:smis:schema:services">
            <urn1:ResponseStatus xmlns:urn1="urn:oo:pov:ldq:schema:util">
               <urn1:ReturnCode>Success</urn1:ReturnCode>
            </urn1:ResponseStatus>
            <urn1:referenceNumber xmlns:urn1="urn:oo:pov:ldq:smis:schema:common">150</urn1:referenceNumber>
            <urn1:productInformation xmlns:urn1="urn:oo:pov:ldq:smis:schema:common">
               <urn1:productName>XXXX_A4_D</urn1:productName>
               <urn1:productDescription>XXXX - A4 CADASTRAL</urn1:productDescription>
               <urn1:productCharges gstAmount="0.0" subTotalAmount="0.0" totalAmount="0.0"/>
            </urn1:productInformation>
         </urn:RegisterMapResponse>
      </m:registerRequestResponse>
   </env:Body>
</env:Envelope>


When using the following XPath:

declare namespace urn1='urn:oo:pov:ldq:smis:schema:common'; 
//urn1:productName[1]


It gives me.
XXXX_A4_D


However the following XPath:

declare namespace urn1='urn:oo:pov:ldq:smis:schema:common'; 
//urn1:referenceNumber[1]



Gives me :

<urn1:referenceNumber xmlns:urn1="urn:oo:pov:ldq:smis:schema:common" xmlns:urn="urn:oo:pov:ldq:nrm:smis:schema:services" xmlns:m="http://www.openuri.org/" xmlns:env="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">150</urn1:referenceNumber>


When I was expecting something in the same format as the first XPath like:
150


Is there anyway to get it to return only 150?

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