Splitting XML Files without namespaces

Question

Hello,
I have a file that looks similar to this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<File>
 <Header>
  <Location>Phoenix</Location>
  <Date>052214</Date>  
 </Header>  
 <Bill></Bill>
 <Trailer>
  <Total>1076</Total>
 </Trailer>
</File>
What I would like to do is split the file (<Bill> is repeating) and I understand I should be able to do this with an envelope schema. I've done some research and every example I'm coming across happens to have a namespace in the sample schema.
How can I accomplish the same thing without the namespace?
Do I need to add the namespace using the ESB Toolkit, and if so, am I supposed to add a namespace to the repeating element? I looked into that solution and couldn't understand how to add a namespace to the Bill element, only the root. Unfortunately I trashed
that approach and went with an orchestration. While that is working, it just doesn't seem right if I can accomplish this task in the receive stage.
Any help/encouragement would be appreciated.

Answer 1

The problem is that if you split the message on an element that has no namespace, you will need a Schema without namespace (in your case with a root element of "Bill" and no namespace).
Having Schemas without namespaces in BizTalk is bad practice and should, in general and if possible, be avoided.
So what I would do is create a custom Pipeline Component that (either using XDocument, XMLDocument or Regular Expression) appends a namespace to all "Bill" elements and also a namespace to the Root. 
Apply the Component in the Decode Stage on your Receive Pipeline so that it is applied BEFORE the disassemble stage, and then create your "Bill" Schema with the newly appended Namespace, and also Apply the Batch namespace to your Envelope Schema.
An Example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<b:File xmlns:b="http://Batch">
<Header>
<Location>Phoenix</Location>
<Date>052214</Date>
</Header>
<c:Bill xmlns:c="http://namespace"></c:Bill>
<c:Bill xmlns:c="http://namespace"></c:Bill>
<c:Bill xmlns:c="http://namespace"></c:Bill>
<c:Bill xmlns:c="http://namespace"></c:Bill>
<Trailer>
<Total>1076</Total>
</Trailer>
</b:File>
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