Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* Linguine Maps Programmatic Visualization Library Copyright (C) 2005 Pavel Simakov http://www.softwaresecretweapons.com This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA */ import org.w3c.dom.Document; public class Main { public static String qualifyName(Document doc, String name) { // parse name into local name and prefix pre:local int idx = name.indexOf(":"); String localName = name; String pre = null; if (idx != -1 && idx > 0) { localName = name.substring(idx + 1); pre = name.substring(0, idx); } // if no prefix was specified we use document namespaceURI if (pre == null) { String ns = doc.getDocumentElement().getAttribute("targetNamespace"); if (ns == null || "".equals(ns)) { return doc.getDocumentElement().getNamespaceURI() + ":" + localName; } else { return ns + ":" + localName; } } // resolve prefix into namespace URI String ns = doc.getDocumentElement().getAttribute("xmlns:" + pre); if (ns == null || "".equals(ns)) { throw new RuntimeException("Bad namespace specified in " + name); } return ns + ":" + localName; } }