Nick, The following fragments:
<i:getImage user="keymaster" pwd="gatekeeper" xmlns:i="http://www.mycompany.com";> <item xmlns="">12345</item> </i:getImage> <i:getImage user="keymaster" pwd="gatekeeper" xmlns:i="http://www.mycompany.com";> <i:item>12345</item> </i:getImage> are *not* equivalent in general. Which one is correct depends on your schema. Specifically, the first is correct if the schema specifies elementFormDefault="unqualified", or if the schema doesn't include the elementFormDefault attribute; the second is correct if the schema specifies elementFormDefault="qualified". Best regards, Robert Lowe http://RMLowe.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Nicholas Remy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 11:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Emply xmlns attribute Group, The following code snippet: <snip> SOAPFactory sf = SOAPFactory.newInstance(); Name bodyName = sf.createName("getImage", "i", "http://www.mycompany.com";); SOAPBodyElement sbe = soapBody.addBodyElement(bodyName); Name usrName = sf.createName("user"); SOAPElement usr = sbe.addAttribute(usrName, "keymaster"); Name pwdName = sf.createName("pwd"); SOAPElement pwd = sbe.addAttribute(pwdName, "gatekeeper"); Name latName = sf.createName("item"); SOAPElement lat = sbe.addChildElement(latName); lat.addTextNode("12345"); </snip> ...produces the following SOAP: <snip> <i:getImage user="keymaster" pwd="gatekeeper" xmlns:i="http://www.mycompany.com";> <item xmlns="">12345</item> </i:getImage> </snip> The tutorials and examples I used to build the code gave no indication that the xmlns attribute would be present--let alone blank. Is there a way to avoid the empty/null xmlns (xmlns="")? Thank you! Nicholas (Nick) Remy
