JDOM Parser and Namespace how to get childrenText

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MY xml:\[code\]<?xml version="1.0"?><company xmlns="http://www.xx.com/xx"> <staff> <firstname>yong</firstname> <lastname>mook kim</lastname> <nickname>mkyong</nickname> <salary>100000</salary> </staff> <staff> <firstname>low</firstname> <lastname>yin fong</lastname> <nickname>fong fong</nickname> <salary>200000</salary> </staff></company> Reader in = new StringReader(message); Document document = (Document)saxBuilder.build(in); Element rootNode = document.getRootElement(); List<?> list = rootNode.getChildren("staff", Namespace.getNamespace("xmlns="http://www.infonova.com/MediationFeed"")); XMLOutputter outp = new XMLOutputter(); outp.setFormat(Format.getCompactFormat()); for (int ii = 0; ii < list.size(); ii++) { Element node = (Element)list.get(ii); String firstname= node.getChildText("firstname"); StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(); outp.output(node.getContent(), sw); StringBuffer sb = sw.getBuffer(); String xml = sb.toString(); }\[/code\]my \[code\]fistname\[/code\] is always null. Why? And \[code\]xml\[/code\] is strange. In every elemnt namespace is added like\[code\] <firstname xmlns="http://www.xx.com/xx">yong</firstname> <lastname xmlns="http://www.xx.com/xx">mook kim</lastname> <nickname xmlns="http://www.xx.com/xx">mkyong</nickname> <salary xmlns="http://www.xx.com/xx">100000</salary>\[/code\]why this? i don't want namespace in every children? I want the same output as is in xml example like\[code\]<firstname>yong</firstname> <lastname>mook kim</lastname> <nickname>mkyong</nickname> <salary>100000</salary>\[/code\]