WSCOMMONS-146
Contributor:Rich Scheuerle
Simple NPE fix
diff --git a/modules/axiom-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/axiom/om/impl/llom/OMStAXWrapper.java b/modules/axiom-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/axiom/om/impl/llom/OMStAXWrapper.java
index 34d3afc..bd1a14d 100644
--- a/modules/axiom-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/axiom/om/impl/llom/OMStAXWrapper.java
+++ b/modules/axiom-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/axiom/om/impl/llom/OMStAXWrapper.java
@@ -1290,7 +1290,9 @@
             for (Iterator iter = element.getAllAttributes();

                  iter != null && iter.hasNext();) {

                 OMAttribute attr = (OMAttribute) iter.next();

-                addNamespaceToMap(attr.getNamespace(),  nsMap);

+                if (attr.getNamespace() != null) {

+                    addNamespaceToMap(attr.getNamespace(),  nsMap);

+                }

             }

         }

         return nsMap;