XML Document Header

Question

I have created an XML document from scratch using the XmlBeans libraries and sent
it to a file. This Xml file has the root node and all of its containing elements.
But what is missing is the XML document header and my namespace definitions.
Since I don't have the namespace definitions in the document header, the name
spaces are redefined with the xmlns:xxx attrbute for each element in the XML file.
This provides a lot of extra text in the document that is not required.
What do I use in order to create the XML document header? Also how can I add
the namespace definitions to the root element instead of them being defined for
each element in the file? Looking at the documentation, it looked like I might
need to sue the XmlDocumentProperties class but I'm not sure if this is it or
if I need to use other classes too?
Jerald

Answer 1

This worked great. Thanks!
One thing I found through trial and error is that I had to wait until my document
was created, then I created a XmlCursor from my root node. After that I had to
advance my XmlCursor to the first child element (rootCursor.toFirstChildElement())
before actually adding my namespace definitions. Otherwise the namespace definitions
were being added as an additional tag before my root element. But this was documented
in the insertNamespace() member function (inserts into element before cursor).
Thanks again.
Jerald
"Eric Vasilik" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
If you get an InputStream from am XMlBean, it will include the xml decl.
Obtaining
any character based stream will not. Basically, the xml declaration
is generated
when the XmlBean converts to bytes, but not when converted to chars.
You can control the use of namespaces by inserting namespaces on the
root element.
I'm not sure what the current bits are on the website, but there should/will
be a method on the XmlCursor called insertNamespace which you can use
to insert
a prefix/namespace (xmlns:prefix="namespace") as an attribute. The saver
will
use these attributes when persisting the store.
"Jerald Pratt" <[email protected]> wrote:
I have created an XML document from scratch using the XmlBeans libraries
and sent
it to a file. This Xml file has the root node and all of its containing
elements.
But what is missing is the XML document header and my namespace definitions.
Since I don't have the namespace definitions in the document header,
the name
spaces are redefined with the xmlns:xxx attrbute for each element in
the XML file.
This provides a lot of extra text in the document that is not required.
What do I use in order to create the XML document header? Also howcan
I add
the namespace definitions to the root element instead of them beingdefined
for
each element in the file? Looking at the documentation, it looked like
I might
need to sue the XmlDocumentProperties class but I'm not sure if this
is it or
if I need to use other classes too?
Jerald