$$xml

Converts an object to XML string (a wrapper element can be added by specifying the field root with the element name). Optionally runs an XSLT over the result before returning it.

Usage

{
  "$$xml": /* value */,
  "root": /* container name */,
  "xslt": /* transformation spec */
}

"$$xml([root]):{input}"

Returns

string (XML String)

Arguments

Argument	Type	Values	Required / Default Value	Description
Primary	object		Yes	"XML structured" JSON object
root	string			Add a wrapper element with that name
xslt	string			Transform result XML with the given XSLT document

Examples

Input

Definition

Output (String)

{
  "hello": {
    "hi":[ 
      "",
      ""
    ],
    "to": "world"
  }
}

{ 
  "$$xml": "$" 
}

<hello>
  <hi/><hi/>
  <to>world</to>
</hello>

{
  "a": "",
  "b": ""
}

{ 
  "$$xml": "$" 
}

<a/><b/>

{
  "a": "",
  "b": ""
}

{ 
  "$$xml": "$" 
  "root": "x"
}

<x>
  <a/>
  <b/>
</x>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:template match="/container">
     <my_record>
       <first><xsl:value-of select="a" /></first>
       <second><xsl:value-of select="b" /></second>
     </my_record>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

{ 
  "$$xml": {
    "a": "AAA",
    "b": "BBB"
  },
  "root": "x", 
  "xslt": "$"
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<my_record>
  <first>AAA</first>
  <second>BBB</second>
</my_record>

{
  "hello": {
    "hi": [ "", "" ],
    "to": "world"
  }
}

"$$xml:$"

<hello>
  <hi/>
  <hi/>
  <to>world</to>
</hello>

{
  "a": "",
  "b": ""
}

"$$xml:$"

<a/>
<b/>

{
  "a": "",
  "b": ""
}

"$$xml(x):$"

<x>
  <a/>
  <b/>
</x>

{
  "tag1": {
    "value":"lorem"
  },
  "tag2": {
    "items": [
      {
        "id": 1
      },
      {
        "id": 2
      }
    ]
  }
}

{
  "$$xml": "$",
  "root":"root",
  /* "XSLT does prettify" */
  "xslt": "<xsl:stylesheet version=\"1.0\" xmlns:xsl=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform\"><xsl:output method=\"xml\" indent=\"yes\"/><xsl:strip-space elements=\"*\"/><xsl:template match=\"/\"><xsl:copy-of select=\".\"/></xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet>"
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><root>
  <tag1>
    <value>lorem</value>
  </tag1>
  <tag2>
    <items>
      <id>1</id>
    </items>
    <items>
      <id>2</id>
    </items>
  </tag2>
</root>