Namespaces (Metro Web Services Runtime OSGi Bundle 2.4.3 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.resolver.helpers.Namespaces

```
public class Namespaces
extends Object
```
Static Namespace query methods.
This class defines a set of static methods that can be called to analyze the namespace properties of DOM nodes.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Norman Walsh Norman.Walsh@Sun.COM

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Namespaces()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static String`	`getLocalName(Element element)`	Returns the "localname" part of a QName, which is the whole name if it has no prefix.
`static String`	`getNamespaceURI(Element element)`	Returns the namespace URI for the namespace to which the element belongs.
`static String`	`getNamespaceURI(Node node, String prefix)`	Returns the namespace URI for the specified prefix at the specified context node.
`static String`	`getPrefix(Element element)`	Returns the "prefix" part of a QName or the empty string (not null) if the name has no prefix.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Namespaces
```
public Namespaces()
```
- Method Detail
  - getPrefix
```
public static String getPrefix(Element element)
```
    Returns the "prefix" part of a QName or the empty string (not null) if the name has no prefix.
    
    Parameters:
    
    element - The QName of an element.
    
    Returns:
    
    The prefix part of the element name.
  - getLocalName
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public static String getLocalName(Element element)
```
    Returns the "localname" part of a QName, which is the whole name if it has no prefix.
    
    Parameters:
    
    element - The QName of an element.
    
    Returns:
    
    The local part of a QName.
  - getNamespaceURI
```
public static String getNamespaceURI(Node node,
                                     String prefix)
```
    Returns the namespace URI for the specified prefix at the specified context node.
    
    Parameters:
    
    node - The context node.
    
    prefix - The prefix.
    
    Returns:
    
    The namespace URI associated with the prefix, or null if no namespace declaration exists for the prefix.
  - getNamespaceURI
```
public static String getNamespaceURI(Element element)
```
    Returns the namespace URI for the namespace to which the element belongs.
    
    Parameters:
    
    element - The element.
    
    Returns:
    
    The namespace URI associated with the namespace of the element, or null if no namespace declaration exists for it.