[XML-SIG] [ pyxml-Bugs-1110409 ] xmlns attribute not output for docs from impl.createdocument

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Bugs item #1110409, was opened at 2005-01-27 11:23
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Category: DOM
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Greg Wogan-Browne (wogan)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: xmlns attribute not output for docs from impl.createdocument

Initial Comment:
I am having some trouble figuring out what is going on
here - is this a bug, or correct behaviour? Basically,
when I create an XML document with a namespace using
xml.dom.minidom.parse() or parseString(), the namespace
exists as an xmlns attribute in the DOM (fair enough,
as it's in the original source document). However, if I
use the DOM implementation to create an identical
document with a namespace, the xmlns attribute is not
present.

This mainly affects me when I go to print out the
document again using Document.toxml(), as the xmlns
attribute is not printed for documents I create
dynamically, and therefore XSLT does not kick in (I'm
using an external processor).

Python 2.3.3 (#1, May  7 2004, 10:31:40)
[GCC 3.3.3 20040412 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.3-7)] on linux2
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>>> import xml.dom.minidom
>>> raw = '<test xmlns="http://example.com/namespace"/>'
>>> doc = xml.dom.minidom.parseString(raw)
>>> print doc.documentElement.namespaceURI
http://example.com/namespace
>>> print doc.documentElement.getAttribute('xmlns')
http://example.com/namespace
>>> impl = xml.dom.minidom.getDOMImplementation()
>>> doc2 =
impl.createDocument('http://example.com/namespace','test',None)
>>> print doc2.documentElement.namespaceURI
http://example.com/namespace
>>> print doc2.documentElement.getAttribute('xmlns')

>>> 

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