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LibXML::XML::Namespaces

Public Instance Methods

default → XML::Namespace click to toggle source

Returns the default namespace for this node or nil.

Usage:

doc = XML::Document.string('<Envelope xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"/>')
ns = doc.root.namespaces.default_namespace
assert_equal(ns.href, 'http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/')
# File lib/libxml/namespaces.rb, line 14
def default
  find_by_prefix(nil)
end
default_prefix = "string" click to toggle source

Assigns a name (prefix) to the default namespace. This makes it much easier to perform XML::XPath searches.

Usage:

doc = XML::Document.string('<Envelope xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"/>')
doc.root.namespaces.default_prefix = 'soap'
node = doc.root.find_first('soap:Envelope')
# File lib/libxml/namespaces.rb, line 29
def default_prefix=(prefix)
  # Find default prefix

  ns = find_by_prefix(nil)
  raise(ArgumentError, "No default namespace was found") unless ns
  Namespace.new(self.node, prefix, ns.href)
end

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