XML.NamespaceDecl

A namespace declaration is represented by a syntax element with field type XML.NamespaceDecl.

Namespace declarations take one of two forms in the message tree:

• Declaration using a namespace prefix

  <ns1:e1 xmlns:ns1="namespace1"/>

  In the message tree, the syntax element for this namespace declaration is shown in the following table:

  Namespace	http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/
  Name	ns1
  Value	namespace1

• Declaration of a default namespace
  A default namespace declaration is an xmlns attribute that defines an empty prefix

  <e1 xmlns="namespace1"/>

  In the message tree, the syntax element for this namespace declaration is shown in the following table:

  Namespace	""
  Name	xmlns
  Value	namespace1

  Note that, in both cases, element ‘e1' is in namespace ‘namespace1'.