XPath Prefix Mapping
To define default mappings between prefixes and namespace URIs go to the XPath preferences page and enter the mappings in the Default prefix-namespace mappings table. The same preferences panel allows you to configure the default namespace used in XPath 2.0 expressions.
Important: If you define a default namespace, Oxygen XML Developer Eclipse plugin binds this
namespace to the first free prefix from the list:
default
,
default1
, default2
, and so on. For example, if you define
the default namespace xmlns="something"
and the prefix
default
is not associated with another namespace, you can match tags
without prefix in an XPath expression typed in the XPath toolbar by using the prefix
default
. To find all the <level>
elements when you
define a default namespace in the root element, use this expression:
//default:level
in the XPath toolbar.