> -----Original Message----- > From: Sergey Beryozkin [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 9:42 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: How to make clean json, instead of xml-ish json? > > Hi David > > sorry for a late reply, I was planning to reply later this evening. > Setting a 'features' key should've made a difference but I will try > your example just a bit later > I'll get back to you asap > > Apparently a Jackson provider shoud do easily enough.
Thanks. I'll start diving into the Jackson documentation. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "KARR, DAVID (ATTCINW)" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 5:35 PM > Subject: RE: How to make clean json, instead of xml-ish json? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: KARR, DAVID (ATTCINW) > > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 9:28 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: How to make clean json, instead of xml-ish json? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: KARR, DAVID (ATTCINW) > > > > > > I have a REST prototype using CXF that produces reasonable looking > > XML, > > > and almost reasonably looking JSON. The JSON it produces is > > "xml-ish". > > > > > > For instance, the sample XML I get is the following: > > > > > > <Item> > > > <description>def</description> > > > <features> > > > <feature>123</feature> > > > <feature>456</feature> > > > </features> > > > <id>1</id> > > > <title>abc</title> > > > </Item> > > > > > > The JSON is this: > > > > > > > > > {"Item":{"description":"def","features":{"feature":[123,456]},"id":1,"t > > > i > > > tle":"abc"}} > > > > > > A nicer JSON result would have been this: > > > > > > > > > {"Item":{"description":"def","features":[123,456],"id":1,"title":"abc"} > > > } > > > > > > Is it possible to modify just the JSON results, but still have the > > "out > > > of the box" XML results? > > > > Related to this, I noticed the "Dealing with JSON array serialization > > issues" section in the user guide. I have a feeling this is telling > me > > that setting "serializeAsArray" and "arrayKeys" in my JSONProvider. > > I'm > > building a test for this now. Even if this works, I'd have to say > that > > this documentation could use a clearer explanation of this, perhaps > > with > > more fully-elaborated examples. The documentation for this is quite > > brief. Full examples showing "before" and "after" would be useful. > > There is a link to another example that supposedly provides more > info, > > but it only shows the beans.xml file, without any elaboration or > > example. > > My change to "serializeAsArray" and "arrayKeys" in a JSONProvider > didn't > do anything. The JSON output didn't change. > > The following are the relevant pieces of my beans.xml file: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"; > xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"; > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > xmlns:jaxws="http://cxf.apache.org/jaxws"; > xmlns:jaxrs="http://cxf.apache.org/jaxrs"; > xmlns:cxf="http://cxf.apache.org/core"; > xsi:schemaLocation=" > http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans > http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd > http://www.springframework.org/schema/util > http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-2.0.xsd > http://cxf.apache.org/jaxws http://cxf.apache.org/schemas/jaxws.xsd > http://cxf.apache.org/jaxrs http://cxf.apache.org/schemas/jaxrs.xsd > http://cxf.apache.org/core http://cxf.apache.org/schemascore.xsd";> > > <import resource="classpath:META-INF/cxf/cxf.xml" /> > <import resource="classpath:META-INF/cxf/cxf-extension-soap.xml" > /> > <import resource="classpath:META-INF/cxf/cxf-servlet.xml" /> > <import > resource="classpath:META-INF/cxf/cxf-extension-jaxrs-binding.xml" /> > > <jaxrs:server name="restcatalogserver" address="/rest"> > <jaxrs:features> > <cxf:logging/> > </jaxrs:features> > <jaxrs:providers> > <ref bean="jsonProvider"/> > </jaxrs:providers> > > <jaxrs:serviceBeans> > <ref bean="catalog"/> > </jaxrs:serviceBeans> > </jaxrs:server> > > <bean id="jsonProvider" > class="org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.provider.JSONProvider"> > <property name="serializeAsArray" value="true"/> > <property name="arrayKeys"> > <list> > <value>features</value> > </list> > </property> > </bean> > <bean id="catalog" class="com.att.ecom.catalog.Catalog"> > </bean> > </beans>
