$$xml

Converts an object to XML string (a wrapper element can be added by specifying the field root with the element name)

Usage

{ 
  "$$xml": /* "XML structured" JSON object */,
  "root": null /* string */,
  "indent": false /* boolean */,
  "attr_prefix": "@" /* string */,
  "cdata_prop_name": "#text" /* string */
}

"$$xml([root],[indent],[attr_prefix],[cdata_prop_name]):{input}"

note

Concrete values in the usage example are default values.

Returns

string - XML String

Arguments

Argument	Type	Values	Required / Default Value	Description
Input	object		Yes	"XML structured" JSON object
root	string		null	Name for a wrapper element (e.g. an array was passed and a container is needed)
indent	boolean	false/true	false	Whether to pretty print the XML
attr_prefix	string		"@"	Prefix for properties to be used as XML attributes
cdata_prop_name	string		"#text"	A key for the text/CDATA section (when needed)

Examples

Input

Definition

Output

{
  "root": ""
}

"$$xml:$"

<root/>

Test

{
  "root": "",
  "root_b": ""
}

"$$xml:$"

<root/><root_b/>,<root_b/><root/>

Test

{
  "root": "",
  "root_b": ""
}

"$$xml(container):$"

<container><root/><root_b/></container>,<container><root_b/><root/></container>

Test

{
  "root": "",
  "root_b": ""
}

"$$xml(container,true):$"

<container>
  <root/>
  <root_b/>
</container>
,<container>
  <root_b/>
  <root/>
</container>

Test

{
  "root": ""
}

{
  "$$xml": "$",
  "root": "container"
}

<container><root/></container>

Test

null

{
  "$$xml": {
    "hello": {
      "hi": [
        "",
        ""
      ],
      "to": "world"
    }
  }
}

<hello><hi/><hi/><to>world</to></hello>

Test

null

{
  "$$xml": {
    "hello": {
      "@attr": "value",
      "#text": "my data",
      "to": "world"
    }
  }
}

<hello attr="value">my data<to>world</to></hello>

Test