Severe Problem With Message Mapping

Question

Hi,
I have got a message mapping which results in the following XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ns14:expost_generation xmlns:ns14="http://mywebsite.xsd">
  <timeStamp>2006-03-15T15:27:16</timeStamp>
  <source name="xyz">
    <generation date="abc" value="def" />
    <generation date="abc" value="def" />
    <generation date="abc" value="def" />
  </source>
</ns14:expost_generation>
My problem is that I have to suppres the ns14 prefix. The opening tag should be: <expost_generation xmlns="http://mywebsite.xsd">
The closing tag: </expost_generation>
Does anybody know how to achieve this?
Kind regards,
Heiko

Answer 1

Hi Heiko,
on the level of the expost_generation-Tag the two definitions you gave are logically equivalent. Hence, no software consuming the XMLs should prefer one style.
However, when we look at the subelements there is a great difference.
In the xml you posted first all subelements (timeStamp, source,...) lie in no namespace.
On the other hand when you declare the tag expost_generation as you described afterwards (with a default namespace declaration) and then proceed as in the first example, then all the subelements will lie in this namespace, too (unless you again reset the default namespace in all these elements).
I assume that the Schema you use in the Message Mapping describes a document with only the root being namespace qualified but the service consuming the document expects a document with all tags being namespace qualified.
Greetings
Stephan