This subsection describes the notes on using the methods of the SOAPElement interface.

• Do not specify null in the name argument of the addAttribute(Name name, String value) method. If specified, the operations are not guaranteed.
• Do not specify null in the qname argument of the addAttribute(QName qname, String value) method. If specified, the operations are not guaranteed.
• Do not specify null in the arguments of the following methods. If null is specified, the operations are not guaranteed.
  
  • addChildElement(Name name)
  • addChildElement(SOAPElement element)
  • addChildElement(QName qname)
  • addTextNode(String text)
  • getAttributeValue(Name name)
  • getAttributeValue(QName qname)
  • getChildElements(Name name)
  • getChildElements(QName qname)
  • removeAttribute(Name name)
  • removeAttribute(QName qname)
  • setElementQName(QName newName)
• Do not specify null or null characters in the localName argument of the following methods. If null or null characters are specified, the operations are not guaranteed.
  
  • addChildElement(String localName)
  • addChildElement(String localName, String prefix)
  • addChildElement(String localName, String prefix, String uri)
• Do not specify null or null characters in the uri argument of the addChildElement(String localName, String prefix, String uri) method. If specified, the operations are not guaranteed.
• Do not specify null in the prefix argument of the addNamespaceDeclaration(String prefix, String uri) method. If specified, the operations are not guaranteed.
• If null or null characters are specified in the uri argument of the addNamespaceDeclaration(String prefix, String uri) method, a Namespace declaration is added with a null Namespace URI.
• Do not specify null in the localName argument of the createQName(String localName, String prefix) method. If specified, the operations are not guaranteed.
• If the getEncodingStyle() method is issued when the encoding style is not specified, null is returned.
• If the getNamespacePrefixes() method is issued for the target SOAPElement belonging to the default Namespace (xmlns=""), the return value does not include the default Namespace prefix.
• If the prefix specified in the argument for the getNamespaceURI(String prefix) method is not declared in the target SOAPElement, or if null or null characters are specified in the argument, null is returned.