R: Set the name space on a node

setXMLNamespace {XML}

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Set the name space on a node

Description

This function sets the name space for an XML node, typically an internal node. We can use it to either define a new namespace and use that, or refer to a name space definition in an ancestor of the current node.

Usage

setXMLNamespace(node, namespace, append = FALSE)

Arguments

`node`	the node on which the name space is to be set
`namespace`	the name space to use for the node. This can be a name space prefix (string) defined in an ancestor node, or a named character vector of the form `c(prefix = URI)` that defines a new namespace on this node, or we can use a name space object created with `newXMLNamespace`.
`append`	currently ignored.

Value

An object of class XMLNamespaceRef which is a reference to the native/internal/C-level name space object.

Author(s)

Duncan Temple Lang

Examples

  # define a new namespace
 e = newXMLNode("foo")
 setXMLNamespace(e, c("r" = "http://www.r-project.org"))

  # use an existing namespace on an ancestor node
 e = newXMLNode("top", namespaceDefinitions = c("r" = "http://www.r-project.org"))
 setXMLNamespace(e, "r")
 e

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