Adding namespace definition to xml using apache xmlbeans

Question

I need to add namespace defintion to an element since its not getting added when when xml is generated using apache xmlbean. How do I acheieve this using xmlbeans API?

Answer 1

Use:

XmlOptions.setSaveSuggestedPrefixes()

XmlOptions xmlOptions = new XmlOptions();

xmlOptions.setSavePrettyPrint();

xmlOptions.setSavePrettyPrintIndent(4);

xmlOptions.setSaveAggressiveNamespaces();

HashMap nsMap = new HashMap();

nsMap.put("namespace1","A");

nsMap.put("http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance", "xsi");

xmlOptions.setSaveSuggestedPrefixes(nsMap);

// Create your XmlObject

.save(new File("test.xml"),xmlOptions);