# File soap/mapping/mapping.rb, line 61
  def self.ary2md(ary, rank, type_ns = XSD::Namespace, typename = XSD::AnyTypeLiteral, registry = nil)
    registry ||= Mapping::DefaultRegistry
    type = XSD::QName.new(type_ns, typename)
    md_ary = SOAPArray.new(ValueArrayName, rank, type)
    Thread.current[:SOAPMarshalDataKey] = {}
    add_md_ary(md_ary, ary, [], registry)
    Thread.current[:SOAPMarshalDataKey] = nil
    md_ary
  end