Known problem with encodingStyle missing namespace?

[Jim Dibble <jd...@amberpoint.com>]

When I generate an XML document from either an axis client or the axis
servlet, if the document includes an object reference, the encodingStyle
attribute is missing the SOAP-ENV namespace
(http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/").  This is causing problems
when I use the XML document in tools that are expecting the namespace.
 
Is this a known problem?
 
For example, this is the request document generated by the axis SOAP
client. Note that the SOAP-ENV:Envelope element has an encodingStyle
attribute that is namespace-qualified, but the multiref elements have
encodingStyle attributes that do not include a namespace prefix.
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope
SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
 <SOAP-ENV:Body>
  <ns1:processOrder xmlns:ns1="processOrder">
   <newOrder href="#id0"/>
  </ns1:processOrder>
  <multiRef SOAP-ENC:root="0"
encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" id="id0"
xmlns:ns2="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/:encodingStyle"
xmlns:ns3="http://amberpoint.com/tutorial/orders"
xsi:type="ns3:PurchaseOrder">
   <customerName xsi:type="xsd:string">Oakland Home and
Garden</customerName>
   <city xsi:type="xsd:string">Oakland</city>
   <state xsi:type="xsd:string">CA</state>
   <items SOAP-ENC:arrayType="ns3:OrderItem[4]"
xsi:type="SOAP-ENC:Array">
    <item href="#id1"/>
    <item href="#id2"/>
    <item href="#id3"/>
    <item href="#id4"/>
   </items>
   <id xsi:nil="true"/>
   <address xsi:nil="true"/>
  </multiRef>
  <multiRef SOAP-ENC:root="0"
encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" id="id3"
xmlns:ns4="http://amberpoint.com/tutorial/orders"
xsi:type="ns4:OrderItem">
   <itemId xsi:type="xsd:string">ASF17843</itemId>
   <quantity xsi:type="xsd:int">3</quantity>
   <price xsi:type="xsd:double">3600.0</price>
   <description xsi:type="xsd:string">Hot tub</description>
  </multiRef>
  <multiRef SOAP-ENC:root="0"
encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" id="id4"
xmlns:ns5="http://amberpoint.com/tutorial/orders"
xsi:type="ns5:OrderItem">
   <itemId xsi:type="xsd:string">QFA17589</itemId>
   <quantity xsi:type="xsd:int">20</quantity>
   <price xsi:type="xsd:double">2.99</price>
   <description xsi:type="xsd:string">Bucket of ladybugs</description>
  </multiRef>
  <multiRef SOAP-ENC:root="0"
encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" id="id1"
xmlns:ns6="http://amberpoint.com/tutorial/orders"
xsi:type="ns6:OrderItem">
   <itemId xsi:type="xsd:string">TSR14523</itemId>
   <quantity xsi:type="xsd:int">200</quantity>
   <price xsi:type="xsd:double">89.95</price>
   <description xsi:type="xsd:string">Jigsaw</description>
  </multiRef>
  <multiRef SOAP-ENC:root="0"
encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" id="id2"
xmlns:ns7="http://amberpoint.com/tutorial/orders"
xsi:type="ns7:OrderItem">
   <itemId xsi:type="xsd:string">UAF13429</itemId>
   <quantity xsi:type="xsd:int">30</quantity>
   <price xsi:type="xsd:double">18.23</price>
   <description xsi:type="xsd:string">Mop</description>
  </multiRef>
 </SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>