I have a web service that includes a type something like this

<schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
...
<complexType name="ItemSummary">
 <sequence>
 <element name="item" type="types:DefinedItem" />
 </sequence>
 <attribute name="itemType" type="QName" />
</complexType>
...
</schema>

This type is the return type for a web service operation. When the
corresponding ItemSummary java object is serialized to a soap
message, the itemType attribute comes out like this:

...
<itemSummary itemType="{urn:type-ns}ItemSubType">
...

instead of something like

...
<itemSummary xmlns:ns1="urn:type-ns"
 itemType="ns1:ItemSubType">
...

Obviously, the javax.xml.namespace.QName.toString() method is being
used here. If I use an element of type QName instead of an attribute, I get the correct behavior.

Is there any way to make the attribute work?

Thanks.

Robert