New method getnamespace.

Since the application never gets to see the namespace abbreviation
used in the XML document, but some applications may need to know them,
we provide this method.

Doc/lib/libxmllib.tex

@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ Translate all entity and character references in \var{data} and
 return the translated string.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
+\begin{methoddesc}{getnamespace}{}
+Return a mapping of namespace abbreviations to namespace URIs that are
+currently in effect.
+\end{methoddesc}
+
 \begin{methoddesc}{handle_xml}{encoding, standalone}
 This method is called when the \samp{<?xml ...?>} tag is processed.
 The arguments are the values of the encoding and standalone attributes 

Lib/xmllib.py

@@ -222,6 +222,13 @@ class XMLParser:
             else:
                 i = s + len(str)
 
+    # Interface - return a dictionary of all namespaces currently valid
+    def getnamespace(self):
+        nsdict = {}
+        for t, d, nst in self.stack:
+            nsdict.update(d)
+        return nsdict
+
     # Internal -- handle data as far as reasonable.  May leave state
     # and data to be processed by a subsequent call.  If 'end' is
     # true, force handling all data as if followed by EOF marker.