The namespace fixup algorithm used by the LSSerializer [1] (see the paragraph starting with "Namespaces are fixed up during serialization ...") is the same one which is used by Document.normalizeDocument().
[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-LS-20040407/load-save.html#LS-LSSerializer Michael Glavassevich XML Parser Development IBM Toronto Lab E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stanimir Stamenkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/08/2007 08:12:15 AM: > /Igor Lobanov/: > > > <ns1:root xmlns:ns1="urn:ns1"> > > <ns2:child xmlns:ns2="urn:ns2"/> > > <ns2:child xmlns:ns2="urn:ns2"/> > > </ns1:root> > > I guess the above result is because of specific normalization / > optimization algorithm - the serialization would need to look ahead > which might not be always possible to produce the form you want. I > don't know if the namespace normalization algorithm [1] for the DOM > Level 3 Document.normalizeDocument() is any different, too. You > would notice descendant elements of <ns2:child> which are in the > same namespace won't get 'xmlns:ns2' attribute. > > You could always add the namespace declaration attribute yourself: > > root.setAttributeNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/";, > "xmlns:ns2", "urn:ns2"); > > [1] > http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Core/namespaces-algorithms. > html#normalizeDocumentAlgo > > -- > Stanimir > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
