Reading XML namespaces

[Stefan Behnel]

Martin v. Loewis, 16.05.2010 11:05:
>> Maybe true technically, but false in practice.  If I receive XML data
>> from source XYZ or service XYZ the use of namespaces and their prefixes
>> is extremely consistent [in practice] and very customary (for example:
>> I've never seen the DSML namespace abbreviated as anything other than
>> "dsml" and I rarely see WebDAV propfind XML use a namespace prefix other
>> than "D").  The odds that a customer or vendors ERP will generate
>> different namespaces and abbreviations between requests is ludicrously
>> remote [I don't recall ever seeing it happen].
>
> In that case, you could also hard-code all prefixes in your application;
> no need to traverse the input document.

+1. Hard-coding the prefixes is the best way to make the interface of your 
code consistent and predictable.

Stefan