Index: C:/Work/Source/JBossCommon/common/src/main/org/jboss/xb/binding/sunday/marshalling/MarshallerImpl.java
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--- C:/Work/Source/JBossCommon/common/src/main/org/jboss/xb/binding/sunday/marshalling/MarshallerImpl.java	(revision 1966)
+++ C:/Work/Source/JBossCommon/common/src/main/org/jboss/xb/binding/sunday/marshalling/MarshallerImpl.java	(working copy)
@@ -455,7 +455,11 @@
          declareXsiType(type.getQName(), ctx.attrs);
       }
 
-      String typeName = type.getQName().getLocalPart();
+      String typeName = null;
+      if ( type.getQName() != null )
+      {
+    	  typeName = type.getQName().getLocalPart();
+      }      
       if(ctx.attrs == null && SimpleTypeBindings.XS_QNAME_NAME.equals(typeName) ||
          SimpleTypeBindings.XS_NOTATION_NAME.equals(typeName) ||
          type.getItemType() != null &&
@@ -964,7 +968,7 @@
             );
          }
       }
-      else if(Constants.NS_XML_SCHEMA.equals(simpleType.getQName().getNamespaceURI()))
+      else if(simpleType.getQName() != null && Constants.NS_XML_SCHEMA.equals(simpleType.getQName().getNamespaceURI()))
       {
          String typeName = simpleType.getQName().getLocalPart();