Index: org/exolab/castor/xml/UnmarshalHandler.java
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--- org/exolab/castor/xml/UnmarshalHandler.java	(Revision 7364)
+++ org/exolab/castor/xml/UnmarshalHandler.java	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -1349,8 +1349,12 @@
             if ((namespaceURI == null) || (namespaceURI.length() == 0)) {
                 namespaceURI = _namespaces.getNamespaceURI(prefix);
             }
-        }
-        else {
+        } else {
+            // check for default namespace declaration 
+            String defaultNamespace = _namespaces.getNamespaceURI("");
+            if (defaultNamespace != null) {
+                namespaceURI = defaultNamespace;
+            }
             //-- adjust empty namespace
             if ((namespaceURI != null) && (namespaceURI.length() == 0))
                 namespaceURI = null;
Index: org/exolab/castor/xml/util/XMLFieldDescriptorImpl.java
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--- org/exolab/castor/xml/util/XMLFieldDescriptorImpl.java	(Revision 7364)
+++ org/exolab/castor/xml/util/XMLFieldDescriptorImpl.java	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -716,7 +716,15 @@
     }
 
     public String toString() {
-        return "XMLFieldDesciptor: " + getFieldName() + " AS " + _xmlName;
+        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(32);
+        buffer.append("XMLFieldDesciptor: ");
+        buffer.append(getFieldName());
+        buffer.append(" AS ");
+        buffer.append(_xmlName);
+        if (getNameSpaceURI() != null) {
+            buffer.append("{" + getNameSpaceURI() + "}");
+        }
+        return buffer.toString();
     }
 
     //-------------------/