Dave, haven't tried it (yet) but i think ERXAbstractRestResponseWriter (or the subclass ERXXmlRestResponseWriter) might be what you're looking for.
On 1 September 2010 15:40, David Avendasora <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi all, > > I know this is a Wonder question, but for some reason the source forge mail > servers tend to refuse my mail. > > I'm trying to use ERRest to replace some existing XML service calls, the > problem is that the current formatting of the XML files produced is somewhat > arbitrary, as in it doesn't match the data model. > > For example, we have two entities: Identity and Account. Each identity can > have multiple accounts, but in the XML, they are flattened into a "person" > node so we currently have: > > <person> > <id>1928374</id> > <username>StrudelCutie4427</username> > <firstname>Heinz</firstname> > <lastname>Doofenshmirtz</lastname> > </person> > > ERRest is producing: > > <Accounts type="Account" id="10201040013"> > <userName>StrudelCutie4427</userName> > <identity type="Identity" id="1040013"> > <id>1928374</id> > <firstname>Heinz</firstname> > <lastname>Doofenshmirtz</lastname> > </identity> > </Accounts> > > So I want to override not just what the entities are called (just for this > one request - not for all requests against Account and Identity) but I also > want to flatten some of the relationships and rename attributes. > > I can't see any built-in way to do this kind of toying with the object > graph, unless I'm missing something. > > So, if ERRest can't do it, what would be some suggestions on how to do it? > Create a non-EO class that manually flattens the information and have ERRest > vend that? > > Dave _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/martin.samm%40aetopia.com > > This email sent to [email protected] > -- Martin Samm Aetopia Ltd +44 (0) 28 9099 8767 ____________________________________________________________________________ Aetopia Ltd is a limited company registered in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with registration number NI053321, having its principal place of business (and postal address) at ECIT Institute, Queens Road, BELFAST BT3 9DT and registered office at 1, Lanyon Quay, BELFAST BT1 3LG
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