Handle namespace in props fetched by stat()

[yoh1496]

Hi, I'm implementing PROPPATCH method ( related to #206 ).

I'm writing test codes. ( I'm referring to to webdav-server test code.)

Some properties have namespace such as

• <namespace:testcustom>Value</namespace:testcustom>
• <x:testcustom2 xmlns:x="namespace:">Value</x:testcustom2>

but stat function with { details: true } options returns only tagName without namespaces.

Please let me know how to handle namespaces in result XML ?

FYI, I think combination of xpath and xmldom is useful for handling namespace if stat would return raw XML data.

Thanks.

[perry-mitchell]

I actually forced it to strip them, as they're not useful for the majority of basic DAV requests. Why would you need the namespaces?

[yoh1496]

Thank you for responding to me.

According to RFC4918, property names consist of [namespace name], [local name], [attributes], and [children].

Actually, the webdav-server's test has code for testing that you can correctly assign properties named with namespace.

And the reason I need namespaces are that I encountered usecase of using properties with namespace. In that case, PROPFIND result stripped namespaces cannot be used. ( developers have to use PROPFIND method manually. )

If you need more info, please ask.

Thanks

[perry-mitchell]

For this I think I would need either:

• An example service where namespaces are relevant to this webdav client (for file/directory manipulation)
• Someone to contribute correct namespace handling code, with test cases against webdav-server

Happy to leave this open as an issue.