FeatureType parentFt = null; if ( schema != null ) { parentFt = schema.getParent( ft ); if ( parentFt != null ) { export( writer, parentFt ); LOG.debug( "Parent: " + ft.getSchema().getParent( ft ) ); writer.writeStartElement( "element" ); writer.writeAttribute( "name", ft.getName().getLocalPart() );