# File lib/soap/encodingstyle/soapHandler.rb, line 133
    def as_nil
      o = SOAPNil.decode(@elename)
      o.id = @id
      o.root = @root
      o.parent = @parent
      o.position = @position
      o.extraattr.update(@extraattr)
      @handler.decode_parent(@parent, o)
      o
    end