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How to add a namespace without a prefix into a SOAP request method tag using SAAJ?

I am trying to assemble a SOAP request using SAAJ.

The original SOAP request looks like this

(...)
<soapenv:Body>
 <methodName xmlns="http://xyz.abc/asdfgh">
   (...)
 </methodName>
</soapenv:Body>

Using SAAJ, my code would look like

SOAPBody soapBody = envelope.getBody();
SOAPElement req= soapBody.addChildElement("methodName");
req.addNamespaceDeclaration("", "http://xyz.abc/asdfgh");

The problem, of course, is that the namespace prefix can't be empty or null.

So how can I generate the SOAP request namespace without a prefix in this case?

Solution

  • To add the methodName element with a default namespace, change

    SOAPElement req= soapBody.addChildElement("methodName");

    to

    SOAPElement req= soapBody.addChildElement("methodName","","http://xyz.abc/asdfgh");