The WSDL my Axis based client has to use has its messages and types in different namespaces. This leads to repetition of the namespace declaration inflating the message sizes quite significantly. Is there a way to tell Axis to add a namespace declaration to top element.
Here is an example message: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <soapenv:Body> <PackageCommit xmlns="http://Portal1.landata.vic.gov.au/Portal/2.50/ExternalWSDL"> <applicantData> <ns1:name xmlns:ns1="http://Portal1.landata.vic.gov.au/Portal/2.50/types">Anstat Property Information</ns1:name> <ns2:address1 xmlns:ns2="http://Portal1.landata.vic.gov.au/Portal/2.50/types"> 224-226 Normanby Rd</ns2:address1> <ns3:address2 xmlns:ns3="http://Portal1.landata.vic.gov.au/Portal/2.50/types"> Southbank VIC 3006</ns3:address2> <ns4:phone xmlns:ns4="http://Portal1.landata.vic.gov.au/Portal/2.50/types">03 9278 1172</ns4:phone> <ns5:dx xmlns:ns5="http://Portal1.landata.vic.gov.au/Portal/2.50/types">DX332 MELBOURNE</ns5:dx> <ns6:fax xmlns:ns6="http://Portal1.landata.vic.gov.au/Portal/2.50/types">03 9645 2519</ns6:fax> </applicantData> </PackageCommit> </soapenv:Body> </soapenv:Envelope> The namespace delcaration for "http://Portal1.landata.vic.gov.au/Portal/2.50/types" is repeated 6 times. It would be much more economical if this message would look like: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <soapenv:Body> <PackageCommit xmlns="http://Portal1.landata.vic.gov.au/Portal/2.50/ExternalWSDL" xmlns:ns=http://Portal1.landata.vic.gov.au/Portal/2.50/types" > <applicantData> <ns:name>Anstat Property Information</ns:name> <ns:address1> 224-226 Normanby Rd</ns:address1> <ns:address2> Southbank VIC 3006</ns:address2> <ns:phone>03 9278 1172</ns:phone> <ns:dx>DX332 MELBOURNE</ns:dx> <ns:fax>03 9645 2519</ns:fax> </applicantData> </PackageCommit> </soapenv:Body> </soapenv:Envelope> Is there a way to do that in Axis? Note: I used the WSDL2Java tool to generate all the message encoder/decoders. Manuel
