`nameshave` Action

The nameshave action removes all namespaces from an XML document.

Syntax

<nameshave in="$xml_with_namespaces" out="$no_more_namespaces"/>

Stripping namespaces allows for easy access to XML elements and attributes in a JSON template.

Input:

<root xmlns="http://example.com/ns/2019/1" xmlns:side="http://example.com/ns/2019/2">
  <a>catch me </a>
  <side:a>if you can!</side:a>
</root>

Output:

<root>
  <a>catch me </a>
  <a>if you can!</a>
</root>

Removing namespaces is prone to ambiguity. The origin of elements carrying the same local name will be lost (see the example above).

Attributes originally in different namespaces sharing the same local name will silently override each other:

<root side:prop="1st" prop="last" xmlns:side="http://example.com/ns/2019/1"/>

becomes

<root prop="last"/>