while (it.hasNext()) {
Element e = it.nextElement();
l.add(DomUtil.getText(e));
}
String[] prefixes = (String[])l.toArray(new String[l.size()]);
l.clear();
// retrieve uri child elements
it = DomUtil.getChildren(namespaces, "uri", null);
while (it.hasNext()) {
Element e = it.nextElement();
l.add(DomUtil.getText(e));