Namespace Prefix with DOM

Question

Hey everyone,
I have a document and I would like to add a prefix to an existing tag so basically I want
<Record>
to be
<rec:Record>
the code I am trying is
private static void addRecPrefix(Document inDoc) throws XPathExpressionException
        if (inDoc == null)
            return;
        XPathFactory factory = XPathFactory.newInstance();
        XPath xpath = factory.newXPath();
        XPathExpression expr = xpath.compile("//Record");
        Object evalResult = expr.evaluate(inDoc, XPathConstants.NODESET);
        if (evalResult == null)return;
        NodeList record Tags = (NodeList)evalResult;
        for(int i=0; i<recordTags.getLength() ;i++)
            Node currentNode = recordTags.item(i);
            currentNode.setPrefix("rec");
            System.out.println(currentNode.getPrefix());
    }rec is a namespace created in the parent node and it is part of the document, however, when I run the code I get a NAMESPACE_ERR.
How am I supposed to do this?
UPDATE!!!!!!!!
got it to work using this inside the loop
Node currentNode = cdfTags.item(i);
inDoc.renameNode(currentNode,"","rec:Record");
is this the best way?
Edited by: partyk1d24 on Jul 9, 2008 8:22 AM

Answer 1

Hi Rajiv,
Pl. go through this blog:
/people/stefan.grube/blog/2007/02/02/remove-namespace-prefix-or-change-xml-encoding-with-the-xmlanonymizerbean
Also if you want to use this at sender side, SOAP adapter will not support. Please check stefans reply in this thread:
XMLAnonymizerBean doesnt work
Regards,
---Satish