Hi Farrukh Thanks: that's a good suggestion, but I need to get it into JSON before it leaves the server, so that technique won't work for me.
Liz On 15 Jul 2011, at 15:55, Farrukh Ijaz wrote: > 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]
