WsGetPrefixFromNamespace function (webservices.h)

This function returns the prefix to which a namespace is bound. There may be more than one prefix in scope and this function is free to return any one of them.

If the value of the required parameter is set to TRUE and the Namespace is not bound to any Prefix a WS_E_INVALID_FORMAT exception will be returned. (See Windows Web Services Return Values.) If the required parameter is FALSE, and the Namespace is not bound to any Prefix the prefix parameter is NULL and the function returns S_FALSE.

If WsWriteStartElement is called but the element is not committed the Namespaces and Prefixes referenced by the element and any attributes on the element is not available to this function.

Syntax

HRESULT WsGetPrefixFromNamespace(
  [in]           WS_XML_WRITER       *writer,
  [in]           const WS_XML_STRING *ns,
  [in]           BOOL                required,
                 const WS_XML_STRING **prefix,
  [in, optional] WS_ERROR            *error
);

Parameters

[in] writer

A pointer to a Writer with the namespace to search. This must be a valid WS_XML_WRITER object returned by WsCreateWriter and may not be NULL.

[in] ns

The namespace to search for.

[in] required

Indicates whether or not an error should be returned if a matching prefix is not found.

prefix

A reference to a prefix bound to the namespace or NULL if the value of the required parameter is FALSE and a matching namespace is not found.

[in, optional] error

A pointer to a WS_ERROR object where additional information about the error should be stored if the function fails.

Return value

This function can return one of these values.

Remarks

For the namespace "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" it will return the prefix "xml".

For the namespace "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/" it will return the prefix "xmlns".

The prefix returned should not be modified, and is only valid until the writer advances.

Requirements