# File lib/soap/mapping/mapping.rb, line 251
  def self.obj2element(obj)
    name = namespace = nil
    ivars = obj.instance_variables
    if ivars.include?('@schema_type')
      name = obj.instance_variable_get('@schema_type')
    end
    if ivars.include?('@schema_ns')
      namespace = obj.instance_variable_get('@schema_ns')
    end
    if !name or !namespace
      class2qname(obj.class)
    else
      XSD::QName.new(namespace, name)
    end
  end