setXMLNamespace function

Set the name space on a node

This function sets the name space for an XML node, typically an internal node. We can use it to either define a new namespace and use that, or refer to a name space definition in an ancestor of the current node.

setXMLNamespace(node, namespace, append = FALSE)

Arguments

• node: the node on which the name space is to be set
• namespace: the name space to use for the node. This can be a name space prefix (string) defined in an ancestor node, or a named character vector of the form c(prefix = URI) that defines a new namespace on this node, or we can use a name space object created with newXMLNamespace.
• append: currently ignored.

Returns

An object of class XMLNamespaceRef which is a reference to the native/internal/C-level name space object.

Author(s)

Duncan Temple Lang

See Also

newXMLNamespace

removeXMLNamespaces

Examples

# define a new namespace
 e = newXMLNode("foo")
 setXMLNamespace(e, c("r" = "http://www.r-project.org"))

  # use an existing namespace on an ancestor node
 e = newXMLNode("top", namespaceDefinitions = c("r" = "http://www.r-project.org"))
 setXMLNamespace(e, "r")
 e