Seek XPath Expression

[gimme_this_gimme_that@yahoo.com]

This may be so easy no one responds.

What is the XPath expression that fetches the value PPV - the
PersistentTicke t?

The namespace thing is throwing me off.

Thanks.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envel ope
xmlns:soap="htt p://schemas.xmlsoap .org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:xsi="http ://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:xsd="http ://www.w3.org/2001/
XMLSchema"><soa p:Header><Compa nyAuthHeader xmlns="http://
webservices.mon ster.com/MonsterPortal"> <PersistentTick et>PPV</
PersistentTicke t>
</CompanyAuthHead er>
</soap:Header>
<soap:Body>
<AuthenticateBy CompanyAccessTi cketResponse xmlns="http://ws.com/VX">
<AuthenticateBy CompanyAccessTi cketResult>true </
AuthenticateByC ompanyAccessTic ketResult>
</AuthenticateByC ompanyAccessTic ketResponse>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

[pr]

Re: Seek XPath Expression

gimme_this_gimm e_that@yahoo.co m wrote:

This may be so easy no one responds.
>
What is the XPath expression that fetches the value PPV - the
PersistentTicke t?
>
The namespace thing is throwing me off.
>
Thanks.
>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envel ope
xmlns:soap="htt p://schemas.xmlsoap .org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:xsi="http ://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:xsd="http ://www.w3.org/2001/
XMLSchema"><soa p:Header><Compa nyAuthHeader xmlns="http://
webservices.mon ster.com/MonsterPortal"> <PersistentTick et>PPV</
PersistentTicke t>
</CompanyAuthHead er>
</soap:Header>
<soap:Body>
<AuthenticateBy CompanyAccessTi cketResponse xmlns="http://ws.com/VX">
<AuthenticateBy CompanyAccessTi cketResult>true </
AuthenticateByC ompanyAccessTic ketResult>
</AuthenticateByC ompanyAccessTic ketResponse>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
>

The most efficient would be:

/soap:Envelope/soap:Header/
monster:Company AuthHeader/monster:Persist entTicket/text()

where you have declared (by whatever means appropriate in the tool
you're using)

xmlns:soap="htt p://schemas.xmlsoap .org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:monster=" http://webservices.mon ster.com/MonsterPortal"


You could also do:

//monster:Persist entTicket/text()

or (without declaring the namespaces):

//*[local-name() = 'PersistentTick et' and namespace::node ()[. =
'http://webservices.mon ster.com/MonsterPortal']]/text()

[pr]

Re: Seek XPath Expression

pr wrote:

//*[local-name() = 'PersistentTick et' and namespace::node ()[. =
'http://webservices.mon ster.com/MonsterPortal']]/text()

Sorry. Should be:

//*[local-name() = 'PersistentTick et' and namespace-uri() =
'http://webservices.mon ster.com/MonsterPortal']/text()

[gimme_this_gimme_that@yahoo.com]

Re: Seek XPath Expression

On Jun 12, 4:27 am, pr <p...@porl.glob alnet.co.ukwrot e:

pr wrote:

  //*[local-name() = 'PersistentTick et' and namespace::node ()[. =
    'http://webservices.mon ster.com/MonsterPortal']]/text()

>
Sorry. Should be:
>
   //*[local-name() = 'PersistentTick et' and namespace-uri() =
     'http://webservices.mon ster.com/MonsterPortal']/text()

This worked perfectly. Thanks Pr.

I'm using Java (org.jdom.xpath .XPath) which has the following method:

addNamespace(ja va.lang.String prefix, java.lang.Strin g uri)
which adds a namespace definition (prefix and URI) to the list of
namespaces known of this XPath expression.

My this case, what are the values of prefix and uri?

Thanks.

[pr]

Re: Seek XPath Expression

gimme_this_gimm e_that@yahoo.co m wrote:

I'm using Java (org.jdom.xpath .XPath) which has the following method:
>
addNamespace(ja va.lang.String prefix, java.lang.Strin g uri)
which adds a namespace definition (prefix and URI) to the list of
namespaces known of this XPath expression.
>
My this case, what are the values of prefix and uri?

The prefix is up to you, provided you don't repeat a prefix already used
in your document (e.g. 'soap'), start the prefix with a letter or
underscore, and confine yourself to the characters

A-Z a-z 0-9 _ - .

(or consult <URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-namesfor the full range of
permissible characters, software permitting).

Without knowing Java in any detail, I presume

addNamespace("m onster",
"http://webservices.mon ster.com/MonsterPortal")

is appropriate if you want to use

monster:Persist entTicket

in your XPath, and

addNamespace("m ", "http://webservices.mon ster.com/MonsterPortal")

if you want to use

m:PersistentTic ket

The significant thing about the namespace is its URI - you could add the
namespace twice and use the prefixes interchangeably , although that
might be unnecessarily confusing :-)