I have used Jackson a bit for XML support, but never had anything that I would consider acceptable. The issue is that XML doesn't map cleanly to the JSON data model. The simplest problem is the issue of annotation.
Much more serious is the question of how to deal with elements. Is a single child element a member of an array? Are children members of an object, possibly with repeated keys? Or are they members of an inhomogeneous list? These issues can be resolved somewhat using Xml schemas, but I didn't get that far before running out of time for the problem. On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Christopher Matta <[email protected]> wrote: > People have been asking for this functionality since Drill existed, if it > were as straightforward as everyone says I'd think we'd have it working by > now. > > On Friday, September 4, 2015, Jim Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Drill does not support XML. > > > > I have talked with folks who have tremendous experience with XML > databases > > and parsing to see if we can wrangle up help getting that type of > > functionality in, but at this point it isn't happening yet. > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Harold Richter < > > [email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > Looking for documentation, example or syntax to read xml files with > > Drill. > > > > > > Is there a way to invoke an xml parser in Drill? > > > > > > Thanks- > > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *Jim Scott* > > Director, Enterprise Strategy & Architecture > > +1 (347) 746-9281 > > @kingmesal <https://twitter.com/kingmesal> > > > > <http://www.mapr.com/> > > [image: MapR Technologies] <http://www.mapr.com> > > > > Now Available - Free Hadoop On-Demand Training > > < > > > http://www.mapr.com/training?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=Signature&utm_campaign=Free%20available > > > > > > > > -- > Chris Matta > [email protected] > 215-701-3146 >
