What is the difference between localname and qname?
Solution 1
The qualified name includes both the namespace prefix and the local name: att1
and foo:att2
.
Sample XML
<root
xmlns="http://www.example.com/DEFAULT"
att1="Hello"
xmlns:foo="http://www.example.com/FOO"
foo:att2="World"/>
Java Code:
att1
Attributes without a namespace prefix do not pick up the default namespace. This means while the namespace for the root
element is "http://www.example.com/DEFAULT"
, the namespace for the att1
attribute is ""
.
int att1Index = attributes.getIndex("", "att1");
attributes.getLocalName(att1Index); // returns "att1"
attributes.getQName(att1Index); // returns "att1"
attributes.getURI(att1Index); // returns ""
att2
int att2Index = attributes.getIndex("http://www.example.com/FOO", "att2");
attributes.getLocalName(att2Index); // returns "att2"
attributes.getQName(att2Index); // returns "foo:att2"
attributes.getURI(att2Index); // returns "http://www.example.com/FOO"
Solution 2
Generally speaking, localname is the local name, meaning inside the namespace. qname, or qualified name, is the full name (including namespace). For example, <a:b …> will have a localname b, but a qname a:b.
This is however very general, and settings-dependant. Take a look at the example at the end of this page for a more thorough example: example
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When using SAX to parse an XML file in Java, what is the difference between the parameters localname and qname in SAX methods such as
startElement(String uri, String localName,String qName, Attributes attributes)
?