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SelectSingleNode not finding XML nodes; trying to setProperty("SelectionNamespaces", ...)
I am trying to use SelectSingleNode() to find any node other than the root for this XML:
<?xml version="1.0?>
<myRootNode xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="my:set:of:coloned:stuff">
<level1Node1>
<level2Node1>
<level3Node1>L3N1Value</level3Node1>
</level2Node1>
<level2Node2>
<level3Node1>L3N1Value</level3Node1>
</level2Node2>
</level1Node1>
<level1Node2>
<level2Node1>
<level3Node1>L3N1Value</level3Node1>
</level2Node1>
</level1Node2>
</myRootNode>
After properly loading the doc and assigning root=doc.documentElement, I am trying
L3N1 = root.SelectSingleNode("/level1Node1")
L3N1 returns None. The only way anything non-None returns is with "/*" or "//*" -- which return the root.
Maybe it's because the start has "xmlns" stuff in it. So now I'm trying to set a namespace using the value that I find in root.namespaceURI
doc.setProperty('SelectionNamespaces', 'xmlns="my:set:of:coloned:stuff"')
but that doesn't work either.
What is the correct incantation for this?
Finally figured out how the SelectionNamespaces stuff works:
doc.setProperty("SelectionNamespaces", "xmlns:<your_abbreviation>=<your_namespace>"which can then be used as
nodeToFind = parentNode.SelectSingleNode("<your_abbreviation>:<tag1>/<your_abbreviation>:<tag2>")I need "<your_abbreviation>:" at all levels, because the namespace is at the root. In my case
doc.setProperty('SelectionNamespaces', 'xmlns:abbrev="my:set:of:coloned:stuff"') L3N1 = root.SelectSingleNode("abbrev:level1Node1")works, adding "abbrev" and dropping the leading "/"
