Turning off namespace validation in XML::LibXML...

biswanath_c has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am using XML::LibXML to parse XML documents. I am trying to search for a particular XPath in a bunch of XML documents... but I get error while trying to do so stating that a particular namespace is not defined. I would like to turn off the namespace validation and just parse it for an XPath. How do i achive this? (I tried $parser->validation(0). It did not work!

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Re: Turning off namespace validation in XML::LibXML... by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 28, 2009 at 21:13 UTC
XPaths are queries. They don't validate. Your request to help you turn off validation cannot be satisfied. And then there's the fact that the concept of defining a namespace makes no sense. Every single uri is already available to use as a namespace. Nothing needs to be defined. This makes your error message suspicious. Please provide the actual error message. You'd also do well to provide a minimal example of the problem. It's hard and annoying to fix your error without seeing it.	[reply]
Re: Turning off namespace validation in XML::LibXML... by ramrod (Curate) on Oct 29, 2009 at 15:07 UTC
It did not work! Given your problem description, I wouldn't expect it to. From the documentation on cpan: `validate eval { $xmlschema->validate( $doc ); }; This function allows to validate a (parsed) document against the given + XML Schema. The argument of this function should be a XML::LibXML::D +ocument object. If this function succeeds, it will return 0, otherwis +e it will die() and report the errors found. Because of this validate +() should be always evaluated.` [download] Just in case, here's a link to the W3Schools page on namespace's Perhaps all you need is a starter on what namespaces really do. Then put something like this in your code (careful of the generic variables): `#Match Namespace my $rdoc = XML::LibXML::XPathContext->new($doc->documentElement()); $rdoc->registerNs( ns => 'namespace' );` [download] To reiterate ikegami's comments: If you provide example's of what your working with - either sample code or xml - it will result in better responses to your question.	[reply] [d/l] [select]


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