private void appendNavigationProperties(
      final XMLStreamWriter writer, final EdmStructuredType type) throws XMLStreamException {
    List<String> navigationPropertyNames = new ArrayList<String>(type.getNavigationPropertyNames());
    if (type.getBaseType() != null) {
      navigationPropertyNames.removeAll(type.getBaseType().getNavigationPropertyNames());
    }
    for (String navigationPropertyName : navigationPropertyNames) {
      EdmNavigationProperty navigationProperty = type.getNavigationProperty(navigationPropertyName);

      writer.writeStartElement(XML_NAVIGATION_PROPERTY);
      writer.writeAttribute(XML_NAME, navigationPropertyName);
      writer.writeAttribute(
          XML_TYPE,
          getAliasedFullQualifiedName(
              navigationProperty.getType(), navigationProperty.isCollection()));
      if (!navigationProperty.isNullable()) {
        writer.writeAttribute(XML_NULLABLE, "" + navigationProperty.isNullable());
      }

      if (navigationProperty.getPartner() != null) {
        EdmNavigationProperty partner = navigationProperty.getPartner();
        writer.writeAttribute(XML_PARTNER, partner.getName());
      }

      if (navigationProperty.containsTarget()) {
        writer.writeAttribute(XML_CONTAINS_TARGET, "" + navigationProperty.containsTarget());
      }

      if (navigationProperty.getReferentialConstraints() != null) {
        for (EdmReferentialConstraint constraint : navigationProperty.getReferentialConstraints()) {
          writer.writeEmptyElement("ReferentialConstraint");
          writer.writeAttribute(XML_PROPERTY, constraint.getPropertyName());
          writer.writeAttribute("ReferencedProperty", constraint.getReferencedPropertyName());
        }
      }

      writer.writeEndElement();
    }
  }