// The identifier followed by the `as` keyword is the prefix bound
// to this namespace name.
xmlns "http://example.com" as eg;

xml x = xml`<eg:doc>Hello</eg:doc>`;

xmlns "http://example.com" as ex;

// `b` will be `true`.
boolean b = (x === x.<ex:doc>);

// `exdoc` will be `{http://example.com}doc`.
string exdoc = ex:doc;

XMLNS Declarations

The xmlns declarations are like import declarations, but bind the prefix to a namespace URL rather than a module. The xmlns declarations in the Ballerina module provide namespace context for parsing xml templates. The Qualified names in Ballerina modules are expanded into strings using the xmlns declarations in the module. The xmlns declarations are also allowed at block level.

 
xmlns "http://example.com" as eg;

The identifier followed by the as keyword is the prefix bound to this namespace name.

 
xml x = xml`<eg:doc>Hello</eg:doc>`;

xmlns "http://example.com" as ex;

boolean b = (x === x.<ex:doc>);

b will be true.

 
string exdoc = ex:doc;

exdoc will be {http://example.com}doc.

 
bal run xmlns_declarations.bal