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8 changes: 6 additions & 2 deletions docx/oxml/xmlchemy.py
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Expand Up @@ -740,13 +740,17 @@ def xml(self):
"""
return serialize_for_reading(self)

def xpath(self, xpath_str):
def xpath(self, xpath_str, namespaces=None):
"""
Override of ``lxml`` _Element.xpath() method to provide standard Open
XML namespace mapping (``nsmap``) in centralized location.
Optional namespaces can be provided to override default namespace mapping.
"""
nsmap_use = nsmap.copy()
if namespaces is not None:
nsmap_use.update(namespaces)
return super(BaseOxmlElement, self).xpath(
xpath_str, namespaces=nsmap
xpath_str, namespaces=nsmap_use
)

@property
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