XMLUnit

marco_polo

Hi I have a problem with XPath and XMLUnit.

I have two versions of an xml file one with namespace declarations and one without. Basically what I am trying to do is check if an element exists in the xml file using Xpath expression and XMLUnit test methods.

When I use the second version of the file the test passes ok. But when I use the first version of the file the test fails.

I am calling the test method as follows: The parameters are an Xpath expression and a document. If the element exists the method does nothing, if it fails and Assertion Error is thrown.

//Fails
XMLAssert.assertXpathExists("/Book/Title", xml1);

//Suceeds
XMLAssert.assertXpathExists("/Book/Title", xml2);


XML File 1

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Book xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2000/10/XMLSchema"   
xmlns="http://www.publishing.org"
 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.publishing.org tests/etc/Book.xsd"> 
     <Title id="123">The Book</Title> 
     <ISBN>1-55874-262-X</ISBN>
     <Publisher>Acme Communications, Inc.</Publisher>
</Book>

XML File 2

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Book> 
    <Title id="123">The Book</Title> 
    <ISBN>1-55874-262-X</ISBN>
    <Publisher>Acme Communications, Inc.</Publisher>
</Book>"

Any ideas? Changing the xml is not an option unfortunately.
Thanks lads.

marco_polo

Seems to not like the default namespace. I found this dirty hack it seems to do the trick. Not very pretty it must be said. If anyone has any better suggestions then let me know

//*[local-name()="Book"]/*[local-name()="Title"]