CFXML and Namespace References Order

Question

I am using cfxml top create an xml file to send to a third party.
There are two Namespace references in the xml.  The problem is that cfxml apparently alphabetizes the reference order.  This results in a "fatal xml error" from the third party I am submitting the xml to.
It's a guess as to the alphabetizing, but CF is definitely switching the references in the resulting xml.
This is what's in my code:
<CFXML variable="MyXML">
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<zzz:aTag xmlns:zzz="http://www.something.com/zzz" xmlns:aaa="http://www.something.com/aaa">
When I view the resulting xml the namespace reference have switched:
<zzz:aTag xmlns:aaa="http://www.something.com/aaa" xmlns:zzz="http://www.something.com/zzz"
Anyone know of a way to get CF to do what I tell it?

Answer 1

robs67 wrote:
 Is it normal for an XML parser to put the namespace references in alpha order?  Or is that just a CF thing?
I don't know for sure, I have never had to dig that deep into ColdFusion's XML features.
I can speculate that the XML Object in memory does not have any 'order' to the namespace references (or any other of the references that make up the XML data object).  It is not until that internal object is output as a string representation that the ordering occurs.
It is also a bit of an open question in my mind of why any XML parser should care about the order of elements.  It's sort of a basic premise of XML that order should seldom matter, is it not?