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johndorazio
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5 years ago

nesting in XML representation

I can't figure out how to correctly represent nested arrays in XML. My API's current JSON response is an object with three properties, of which the first is an array of objects with properties, the s...
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    HKosova
    5 years ago

    You need to define the "results" property as a wrapped array (xml.wrapped = true) and also specify xml.name for both the "results" array and the array items. See the Representing XML guide for details.

    components:
  schemas:
    RootElement:
      type: object
      properties:
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/result'
          xml:
            name: results
            wrapped: true
          # Optional array example
          example:
            - property1: 1
              property2: 4
              property3: stringvalue
            - property1: 0
              property2: 16
              property3: stringvalue2
    result:
      type: object
      xml:
        name: result
      properties:
        property1:
          type: integer
          xml:
            attribute: true
        property2:
          type: integer
          xml:
            attribute: true
        property3:
          type: string
          xml:
            attribute: true
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HKosova
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
5 years ago

You need to define the "results" property as a wrapped array (xml.wrapped = true) and also specify xml.name for both the "results" array and the array items. See the Representing XML guide for details.

components:
  schemas:
    RootElement:
      type: object
      properties:
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/result'
          xml:
            name: results
            wrapped: true
          # Optional array example
          example:
            - property1: 1
              property2: 4
              property3: stringvalue
            - property1: 0
              property2: 16
              property3: stringvalue2
    result:
      type: object
      xml:
        name: result
      properties:
        property1:
          type: integer
          xml:
            attribute: true
        property2:
          type: integer
          xml:
            attribute: true
        property3:
          type: string
          xml:
            attribute: true