1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/trunk/modules/common-xml/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/common/xml/xpath/XPathHelper.java b/sca-java-2.x/trunk/modules/common-xml/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/common/xml/xpath/XPathHelper.java
index a65bd5fe15..d48f010c55 100644
--- a/sca-java-2.x/trunk/modules/common-xml/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/common/xml/xpath/XPathHelper.java
+++ b/sca-java-2.x/trunk/modules/common-xml/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/common/xml/xpath/XPathHelper.java
@@ -91,11 +91,23 @@ public class XPathHelper {
             if (namespace != null && !XMLConstants.NULL_NS_URI.equals(namespace)) {
                 nsContext.register(prefix, namespace);
             }
-        }
+        }    	
+    	
         return nsContext;
     }
 
     /**
+     * Registers a prefix in an existing NamespaceContext
+     * @param prefix
+     * @param namespace
+     * @param context
+     */
+    public void registerPrefix(String prefix, String namespace, NamespaceContext context) {
+    	NamespaceContextImpl nsContext = (NamespaceContextImpl) context;
+    	nsContext.register(prefix, namespace);
+    }
+    
+    /**
      * Parse the XPath expression to collect all the prefixes for namespaces
      * @param expression
      * @return A collection of prefixes