xml.StaxReader.lookupNamespace

Looks up the namespace URI associated with a given prefix starting from the current XML node the StaxReader cursor is pointing to.

Syntax

lookupNamespace(
   prefix STRING )
  RETURNS STRING
  1. prefix defines the prefix to look for; if NULL the default namespace URI will be returned..

Usage

Use this method to return the namespace URI associated with the prefix specified by prefix at the current XML node. It returns a string with the namespace URI associated with the prefix, or NULL if there is none.

In case of error, the method throws an exception and sets the STATUS variable. Depending on the error, a human-readable description of the problem is available in the SQLCA.SQLERRM register. See Error handling in GWS calls (STATUS).