help - attributes namespace - is this a bug in PyXML

[Ajay]

also getAttribute("appel:connective") returns " ", ie it is not None but
when i print it out thats what i get
funnily getAttribute("appel:connective") for an element thats doesn't have
the attribute "appel:connective" still passes the test
if element.getAttribute("appel:connective") != None

so how can i retrieve an attribute of type "appel:connective", ie, prefixed
by the uri appel


Quoting Ajay <abra9823 at mail.usyd.edu.au>:

> hi!
>
> for the XML
> <appel:RULESET xmlns:appel="http://www.w3.org/2001/02/appelv1"
> xmlns:p3p="http://www.w3.org/2000/12/p3pv1">
> <appel:RULE prompt="no">
> <p3p:POLICY>
>   <p3p:ACCESS appel:connective="non-and">
>     <p3p:all/>
>   </p3p:ACCESS>
> </p3p:POLICY>
> </appel:RULE>
>
> if i getupto the "ACCESS" element and print its attribute name and value
> using
> if attribs != None and len(attribs) > 0:
>         index = 0
> 	while index < attribs.length:
> 		print "attribute ", index, ": ",     attribs.item(index).nodeName, "
> has
> value: ", attribs.item(index).nodeValue
> 		index += 1
>
> it prints ACCESS having the attribute "appel:connective" with the value
> "non-and"
> the statement attribs.getNamedItem("appel:connective") however returns
> None.
> now i think its substituting the namespace for appel but then how would
> you
> access the attribute, just 'connective' doesn't work, 'appel:connective'
> doesn't either and http://www.w3.org/2001/02/appelv1:connective doesn't
> work either.
>
> thanks
>
> cheers
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