# File lib/soap/mapping/mapping.rb, line 79
  def self.ary2md(ary, rank, type_ns = XSD::Namespace, typename = XSD::AnyTypeLiteral, registry = nil, opt = EMPTY_OPT)
    registry ||= Mapping::DefaultRegistry
    type = XSD::QName.new(type_ns, typename)
    md_ary = SOAPArray.new(ValueArrayName, rank, type)
    protect_threadvars(:SOAPMarshalDataKey, :SOAPExternalCES, :SOAPMarshalNoReference) do
      Thread.current[:SOAPMarshalDataKey] = {}
      Thread.current[:SOAPExternalCES] = opt[:external_ces] || $KCODE
      Thread.current[:SOAPMarshalNoReference] = opt[:no_reference]
      add_md_ary(md_ary, ary, [], registry)
    end
    md_ary
  end