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Hardcoded namespace prefix

Reports comparisons of the name() function with a string that contains a colon (:). Such usages usually indicate a hardcoded namespace prefix in the comparison. As a result, the code will break when run against XML that uses another prefix for the same namespace.

Example:

<xsl:if test="name() = 'xlink:href'">...<xsl:if>

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

HardwiredNamespacePrefix
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | XPath

Inspection ID: HardwiredNamespacePrefix

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection HardwiredNamespacePrefix

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

Last modified: 18 September 2025