Hi Liz, That's a common issue. Suppose you receive the JSON mentioned below, once you get the value of data attribute which is a JSON object in string format, evaluate it using eval() method of javascript and it will be converted to JSON.
Farrukh Sent from my iPad 2 On 2011-07-15, at 3:58 PM, Elizabeth Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Pascal > > Sorry, I didn't explain the problem clearly. I am doing that already. The > problem is that it comes as a string in my JSON output, not as an object. > > Liz > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 15 Jul 2011, at 12:39, Pascal Robert <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think the best way would be to transform the XML to a Java object and >> transform that object back to JSON. >> >>> I am building an ERRest application (read only), and am having a problem >>> with one field. This field holds an xml string, which I need to embed into >>> the output from show and index actions; it will be consumed as json >>> (mainly; possibly only). >>> >>> For example, I would like to receive: >>> >>> {"name" : "A Record", "data" : { "fieldA" : "valueA", "fieldB" : "valueB" } >>> } >>> >>> where the data attribute comes from: >>> >>> <SomeElement FieldA="valueA"><FieldB>valueB</FieldB></SomeElement> >>> >>> Or something similar to that. I can use net.sf.json to do the conversion >>> directly, which produces satisfactory strings, but that doesn't cope with >>> the XML output format case, and I can't figure out how to pass it into my >>> JSON output. If I do that with a String field, then obviously it is output >>> as a string value, not as a JSON object, which isn't what I want. >>> >>> In short, the XML is a moderately complex object, which I need to output as >>> an object in the JSON format. >>> >>> All ideas appreciated. >>> >>> Liz _______________________________________________ >>> 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/probert%40macti.ca >>> >>> This email sent to [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ > 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/farrukh.ijaz%40fuegodigitalmedia.com > > This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ 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/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
