if (loadBalancedEndpointsItem.getLoadBalancerName() != null) { Element loadBalancerNameElement = requestDoc.createElementNS("http://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsazure", "LoadBalancerName"); loadBalancerNameElement.appendChild(requestDoc.createTextNode(loadBalancedEndpointsItem.getLoadBalancerName())); inputEndpointElement.appendChild(loadBalancerNameElement);