* @return <TT>true</TT> if the Namespace was successfully created.
* @see <a href="http://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/restconfig/rest-config-api.html#namespaces"> GeoServer Documentation</a>
*/
public boolean createNamespace(final String prefix, final URI uri) {
final String sUrl = restURL + "/rest/namespaces";
final GSNamespaceEncoder nsenc = new GSNamespaceEncoder(prefix, uri);
final String nsxml = nsenc.toString();
final String result = HTTPUtils.postXml(sUrl, nsxml, gsuser, gspass);
return result != null;
}