# File lib/soap/baseData.rb, line 640
  def self.to_elename(obj, namespace = nil)
    if obj.is_a?(XSD::QName)
      obj
    elsif /\A(.+):([^:]+)\z/ =~ obj.to_s
      XSD::QName.new($1, $2)
    else
      XSD::QName.new(namespace, obj.to_s)
    end
  end