# File lib/soap/encodingstyle/soapHandler.rb, line 32
  def encode_data(generator, ns, data, parent)
    attrs = encode_attrs(generator, ns, data, parent)
    if parent && parent.is_a?(SOAPArray) && parent.position
      attrs[ns.name(AttrPositionName)] = "[#{parent.position.join(',')}]"
    end
    name = generator.encode_name(ns, data, attrs)
    case data
    when SOAPReference
      attrs['href'] = data.refidstr
      generator.encode_tag(name, attrs)
    when SOAPExternalReference
      data.referred
      attrs['href'] = data.refidstr
      generator.encode_tag(name, attrs)
    when SOAPRawString
      generator.encode_tag(name, attrs)
      generator.encode_rawstring(data.to_s)
    when XSD::XSDString
      generator.encode_tag(name, attrs)
      generator.encode_string(@charset ?
        XSD::Charset.encoding_to_xml(data.to_s, @charset) : data.to_s)
    when XSD::XSDAnySimpleType
      generator.encode_tag(name, attrs)
      generator.encode_string(data.to_s)
    when SOAPStruct
      generator.encode_tag(name, attrs)
      data.each do |key, value|
        generator.encode_child(ns, value, data)
      end
    when SOAPArray
      generator.encode_tag(name, attrs)
      data.traverse do |child, *rank|
        data.position = data.sparse ? rank : nil
        generator.encode_child(ns, child, data)
      end
    else
      raise EncodingStyleError.new(
        "unknown object:#{data} in this encodingStyle")
    end
  end