Removing namespaces in XMLs

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Hi All,

I need to remove all namespaces from an xml file. I am using the functions

C#

public static string RemoveAllNamespaces(string xmlDocument)
{
   XElement xmlDocumentWithoutNs = RemoveAllNamespaces(XElement.Parse(xmlDocument));
   return xmlDocumentWithoutNs.ToString();
}

private static XElement RemoveAllNamespaces(XElement xmlDocument)
{
   if (!xmlDocument.HasElements)
   {
    XElement xElement = new XElement(xmlDocument.Name.LocalName);
    xElement.Value = xmlDocument.Value;
    foreach (XAttribute attribute in xmlDocument.Attributes())
    xElement.Add(attribute);
    return xElement;
   }
   return new XElement(xmlDocument.Name.LocalName, xmlDocument.Elements().Select(el => RemoveAllNamespaces(el)));
}

The problem is that I am getting the following error being returned by one of the functions

{System.Xml.XmlException: The prefix '' cannot be redefined from '' to 'http://sample.response.power.core.com' within the same start element tag.
   at System.Xml.XmlWellFormedWriter.PushNamespaceExplicit(String prefix, String ns)
   at System.Xml.XmlWellFormedWriter.WriteEndAttribute()
   at System.Xml.Linq.ElementWriter.WriteStartElement(XElement e)
   at System.Xml.Linq.ElementWriter.WriteElement(XElement e)
   at System.Xml.Linq.XElement.WriteTo(XmlWriter writer)
   at System.Xml.Linq.XNode.GetXmlString(SaveOptions o)
   at System.Xml.Linq.XNode.ToString()

Can somebody thing of an alternative way of removing namespaces within an xml file?

Many thanks

bekets

[edit]Code block added - OriginalGriff[/edit]

Posted 21-Oct-12 2:47am

saints_339

Updated 21-Oct-12 2:52am

OriginalGriff

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Solution 3

C#

static XElement stripNS(XElement root)
        {
            return new XElement(
                root.Name.LocalName,
                root.HasElements ?
                    root.Elements().Select(el => stripNS(el)) :
                    (object)root.Value
            );
        }

will remove all namespaces. Thanks ProgramFox for the pointer

Posted 23-Oct-12 5:43am

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Thomas Daniels · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-21T03:41:00

Solution 1

Hi,

Have a look here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.xmlnamespacemanager.removenamespace%28v=vs.95%29.aspx[^]

Posted 21-Oct-12 3:41am

Thomas Daniels

Updated 21-Oct-12 3:42am

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