# File lib/soap/encodingstyle/aspDotNetHandler.rb, line 150
  def decode_parent(parent, node)
    case parent.node
    when SOAPUnknown
      newparent = parent.node.as_struct
      node.parent = newparent
      parent.replace_node(newparent)
      decode_parent(parent, node)

    when SOAPStruct
      data = parent.node[node.elename.name]
      case data
      when nil
        parent.node.add(node.elename.name, node)
      when SOAPArray
        name, type_ns = node.elename.name, node.type.namespace
        data.add(node)
        node.elename, node.type.namespace = name, type_ns
      else
        parent.node[node.elename.name] = SOAPArray.new
        name, type_ns = data.elename.name, data.type.namespace
        parent.node[node.elename.name].add(data)
        data.elename.name, data.type.namespace = name, type_ns
        name, type_ns = node.elename.name, node.type.namespace
        parent.node[node.elename.name].add(node)
        node.elename.name, node.type.namespace = name, type_ns
      end

    when SOAPArray
      if node.position
        parent.node[*(decode_arypos(node.position))] = node
        parent.node.sparse = true
      else
        parent.node.add(node)
      end

    when SOAPBasetype
      raise EncodingStyleError.new("SOAP base type must not have a child")

    else
      # SOAPUnknown does not have parent.
      # raise EncodingStyleError.new("illegal parent: #{parent}")
    end
  end