[AXIS-2721] SoapEnvelope serialization generates incorrect attribute xmlns:ns1="" for elements

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.4
• Component/s: Serialization/Deserialization
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Frank Zhou
• Created: 24/Jan/08 23:42
• Updated: 24/Jan/08 23:42

Description

I try to send an XML over httpServlet, I did the following:

(1) My XML tring is like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding = "UTF-8" ?>

<ns1:Test xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:ns1="http://businessobjects.com/cleanse_in">
<ns1:PROSPECT_NUMBER>100957355</ns1:PROSPECT_NUMBER>
<ns1:PROSPECT_NAME>SIERRA GOLF FLYERS RRRRRR</ns1:PROSPECT_NAME>
<ns1:PROSPECT_ADDRESS1>11549 W 59TH PL RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR</ns1:PROSPECT_ADDRESS1>
<ns1:PROSPECT_ADDRESS2>10</ns1:PROSPECT_ADDRESS2>
</ns1:Test>

(2) Create a document

InputSource source = new InputSource( new StringReader( xmlString ) ) ;
DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
factory.setIgnoringElementContentWhitespace(false);
DocumentBuilder docBuilder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
return docBuilder.parse(source);

(3) Create a soapEnvelope

SOAPEnvelope soapEnvelope = new SOAPEnvelope();
Element bodyElement = createDocument(soapBodyText).getDocumentElement();
org.apache.axis.message.SOAPBodyElement messageElement = new org.apache.axis.message.SOAPBodyElement(bodyElement);
soapEnvelope.addBodyElement((SOAPBodyElement)messageElement);

(4) Serialize the soapEnvelope before write it to the httpServletResponse

String response = soapEnvelope .toString();

(5) I saw the bug, the response is like the following:

<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><ns1:Test xmlns:ns1="http://businessobjects.com/cleanse_in" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<ns1:PROSPECT_NUMBER xmlns:ns1="">100957355</ns1:PROSPECT_NUMBER>
<ns1:PROSPECT_NAME xmlns:ns1="">SIERRA GOLF FLYERS RRRRRR</ns1:PROSPECT_NAME>
<ns1:PROSPECT_ADDRESS1 xmlns:ns1="">11549 W 59TH PL RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR</ns1:PROSPECT_ADDRESS1>
<ns1:PROSPECT_ADDRESS2 xmlns:ns1="">11</ns1:PROSPECT_ADDRESS2>
</ns1:Test>
</soapenv:Body></soapenv:Envelope>

Notice that there is an empty namespace prefix generated: xmlns:ns1="". This makes the response invalid.