 		 */
 		public function getQKey(keyType:String, localName:String):IQualifiedKey
 		{
-			if (keyType == null || keyType == '')
-				keyType = 'string';
-			
 //			// special case -- if keyType is null, return a unique QKey object
 //			if (keyType == null)
 //			{

//				_constructorOK = false;
//				return uniqueQKey;
//			}
			
			// get mapping of key strings to QKey weak refrences
			var keyToQKeyRefMap:Object = _keyTypeMap[keyType] as Object;

	
	import mx.core.Singleton;
	
	import weave.api.data.DataTypes;
	import weave.api.data.IQualifiedKey;
	import weave.api.data.IQualifiedKeyManager;
	import weave.core.weave_internal;
	
	/**
	 * This class manages a global list of IQualifiedKey objects.
