diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/support/SaajXmlReader.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/support/SaajXmlReader.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2007 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.ws.soap.saaj.support;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import javax.xml.soap.Name;
+import javax.xml.soap.Node;
+import javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement;
+import javax.xml.soap.Text;
+
+import org.springframework.xml.sax.AbstractXmlReader;
+import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
+import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+import org.xml.sax.helpers.AttributesImpl;
+
+/**
+ * SAX <code>XMLReader</code> that reads from a SAAJ <code>Node</code>. Consumes <code>XMLEvents</code> from an
+ * <code>XMLEventReader</code>, and calls the corresponding methods on the SAX callback interfaces.
+ *
+ * @author Arjen Poutsma
+ * @see javax.xml.soap.Node
+ * @see javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement
+ */
+public class SaajXmlReader extends AbstractXmlReader {
+
+    private final Node startNode;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new instance of the <code>SaajXmlReader</code> that reads from the given <code>Node</code>.
+     *
+     * @param startNode the SAAJ <code>Node</code> to read from
+     */
+    public SaajXmlReader(Node startNode) {
+        this.startNode = startNode;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parses the StAX XML reader passed at construction-time.
+     * <p/>
+     * <strong>Note</strong> that the given <code>InputSource</code> is not read, but ignored.
+     *
+     * @param ignored is ignored
+     * @throws org.xml.sax.SAXException A SAX exception, possibly wrapping a <code>XMLStreamException</code>
+     */
+    public final void parse(InputSource ignored) throws SAXException {
+        parse();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parses the StAX XML reader passed at construction-time.
+     * <p/>
+     * <strong>Note</strong> that the given system identifier is not read, but ignored.
+     *
+     * @param ignored is ignored
+     * @throws SAXException A SAX exception, possibly wrapping a <code>XMLStreamException</code>
+     */
+    public final void parse(String ignored) throws SAXException {
+        parse();
+    }
+
+    private void parse() throws SAXException {
+        if (getContentHandler() != null) {
+            getContentHandler().startDocument();
+        }
+        handleNode(startNode);
+        if (getContentHandler() != null) {
+            getContentHandler().endDocument();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void handleNode(Node node) throws SAXException {
+        if (node instanceof SOAPElement) {
+            handleElement((SOAPElement) node);
+        }
+        else if (node instanceof Text) {
+            Text text = (Text) node;
+            handleText(text);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void handleText(Text text) throws SAXException {
+        if (!text.isComment() && getContentHandler() != null) {
+            char[] ch = text.getValue().toCharArray();
+            getContentHandler().characters(ch, 0, ch.length);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void handleElement(SOAPElement element) throws SAXException {
+        Name elementName = element.getElementName();
+        if (getContentHandler() != null) {
+            for (Iterator iterator = element.getNamespacePrefixes(); iterator.hasNext();) {
+                String prefix = (String) iterator.next();
+                String namespaceUri = element.getNamespaceURI(prefix);
+                getContentHandler().startPrefixMapping(prefix, namespaceUri);
+            }
+            getContentHandler()
+                    .startElement(elementName.getURI(), elementName.getLocalName(), elementName.getQualifiedName(),
+                            getAttributes(element));
+        }
+        for (Iterator iterator = element.getChildElements(); iterator.hasNext();) {
+            Node child = (Node) iterator.next();
+            handleNode(child);
+        }
+        if (getContentHandler() != null) {
+            getContentHandler()
+                    .endElement(elementName.getURI(), elementName.getLocalName(), elementName.getQualifiedName());
+            for (Iterator iterator = element.getNamespacePrefixes(); iterator.hasNext();) {
+                String prefix = (String) iterator.next();
+                getContentHandler().endPrefixMapping(prefix);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Attributes getAttributes(SOAPElement element) {
+        AttributesImpl attributes = new AttributesImpl();
+        for (Iterator iterator = element.getAllAttributes(); iterator.hasNext();) {
+            Name attributeName = (Name) iterator.next();
+            String attributeValue = element.getAttributeValue(attributeName);
+            attributes.addAttribute(attributeName.getURI(), attributeName.getLocalName(),
+                    attributeName.getQualifiedName(), "CDATA", attributeValue);
+        }
+        return attributes;
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/support/SaajXmlReaderTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/support/SaajXmlReaderTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2007 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.ws.soap.saaj.support;
+
+import javax.xml.soap.MessageFactory;
+import javax.xml.soap.SOAPMessage;
+import javax.xml.transform.Result;
+import javax.xml.transform.Source;
+import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
+import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
+import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
+import javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXSource;
+
+import org.custommonkey.xmlunit.XMLTestCase;
+import org.springframework.xml.transform.StringResult;
+import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
+
+public class SaajXmlReaderTest extends XMLTestCase {
+
+    private SaajXmlReader reader;
+
+    private SOAPMessage message;
+
+    private Transformer transformer;
+
+    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+        MessageFactory messageFactory = MessageFactory.newInstance();
+        message = messageFactory.createMessage();
+        reader = new SaajXmlReader(message.getSOAPPart().getEnvelope());
+        transformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
+    }
+
+    public void testIt() throws Exception {
+        Result result = new StringResult();
+        Source source = new SAXSource(reader, new InputSource());
+        transformer.transform(source, result);
+        Result expected = new StringResult();
+        transformer.transform(new DOMSource(message.getSOAPPart().getEnvelope()), expected);
+        assertXMLEqual(expected.toString(), result.toString());
+    }
+}
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