 	//  Class Methods
 	//
 	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
+    /**
+     * @private
+     */
     static internal function encodeDate(rawDate:Date, dateType:String):String
     {
         var s:String = new String();

	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * parentNode - optional, an XMLNode under which to 
     *              put the encoded value.  If this is present, we
     *              will be able to use namespace prefixes already
     *              defined above the encoded object - if not, 
     *              a well-formed XML document
     *              including all NS declarations necessary is returned.
     */
    public function encodeValue(obj:Object, qname:QName, parentNode:XMLNode):XMLNode
    {

import mx.utils.ObjectUtil;

/**
 * The SimpleXMLEncoder class takes ActionScript Objects and encodes them to XML
 * using default serialization.
 */
public class SimpleXMLEncoder
{
