Namespace declaration inconsistencies

Question

It has occurred to me that there is an inconsistency in the BPEL input message depending on where it is called from... If I test the BPEL process from the BPEL console using the test-form, the namespace of the input message is included. However, when the same BPEL process is called through another BPEL process (partner link), the namespace declaration is omitted.
This makes testing harder, since my XPath expressions will then either fail when I test from the BPEL Console, or when the process is invoked from another bpel.
The best way to fix it (I think) is to force the calling bpel process to include the namespace declaration when invoking the partner link. Is there a way to accomplish this?
Cheers,
Bastiaan

Answer 1

Bastian
I have come across the same problem.
The BPEL Console is producing an XML message that is not consistent with the defined schema.
Has anyone else seen any other comments relating to this area - has it been raised as a bug?
I have included my message structures below.
BPEL Console Messsage - the namespaces in bold are the ones that are incorrect
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<soap:Body xmlns:ns1="http://itv.com/parispublish">
<ns1:ParisPublishProcessRequest xmlns:ns2="http://itv.com/schemas/message/paris">
<ns2:ProgrammeAdviseRq>
<ns2:HeaderRq xmlns:ns3="http://itv.com/schemas/header/paris">
<ns3:RqUID>ABC</ns3:RqUID>
<ns3:Action>Add</ns3:Action>
</ns2:HeaderRq>
<ns2:Programme xmlns:ns4="http://itv.com/schemas/productcatalogue/paris">
<ns4:ProgrammeId>1234</ns4:ProgrammeId>
</ns2:Programme>
</ns2:ProgrammeAdviseRq>
</ns1:ParisPublishProcessRequest>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
Partnerlink message - which is correct.
<inputVariable>
     <part xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" name="payload">
          <soap:Envelope xmlns="http://itv.com/parispublish" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
               <soap:Header/>
               <soap:Body>
                    <ProgrammeAdviseRq xsi:schemaLocation="http://itv.com/schemas/message/paris ../Message.xsd" xmlns="http://itv.com/schemas/message/paris" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
                         <HeaderRq xmlns="http://itv.com/schemas/header/paris">
                              <RqUID>564</RqUID>
                              <Action>Add</Action>
                         </HeaderRq>
                         <Programme xsi:schemaLocation="http://itv.com/schemas/productcatalogue/paris ../productcatalogue.xsd" xmlns="http://itv.com/schemas/productcatalogue/paris">
                              <ProgrammeId>G/0002</ProgrammeId>
                                                  </Programme>
                    </ProgrammeAdviseRq>
               </soap:Body>
          </soap:Envelope>
     </part>
</inputVariable>