to_xml() always adds root <data> ... </data> #5

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1. adamalex commented on Jul 27, 2013

   

   adamalex

   on Jul 27, 2013

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   Good point, I really like the idea of making the root name configurable as in your <root></root> example. That would be simple to implement.

   Allowing for no root element at all would be less clean to implement, mainly because that isn't valid XML. Could you let us know the use case for this? If it's important to have we can certainly give it some thought. Thanks for the idea!
2. AlexBravo commented on Jul 29, 2013

   

   AlexBravo

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   Allowing for no root element at all would be less clean to implement, mainly because that isn't valid XML. Could you let us know the use case for this?

   My use case is pretty simple:
   I have an XML document that has one root element:

   <entry>
      ...
   </entry>
   

   I convert this document to JSON using node-xmljson.
   Then I convert this JSON back to XML. I get this result:

   <data>
      <entry>
         ...
      </entry>
   </data>
   

   If root element could be configurable, I could convert entries inside of entry JSON object to XML with specifying root element as "entry". But this workaround is less than optimal.
3. adamalex commented on Jul 31, 2013

   

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   Got it, <entry> ... </entry> should probably translate to { ... } the same way <data> ... </data> does. Then, going from JSON to XML { ... } should be able to translate back to <entry> ... </entry> if we allow specifying a name for the root element (as you suggest). Does that cover it or is this approach what you feel is less than optimal? If so, what do you think would be more optimal?
4. atorres757 commented on Jul 14, 2014

   

   atorres757

   on Jul 14, 2014

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   Hello,
   I'm running into the same issue and I think that sounds like a good solution. However, would it make it easier to use the first property as the root node when converting to xml? I think either solution would work.

   Thanks
5. mahanthsh commented on Jun 2, 2016

   

   mahanthsh

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   Hello,

   Interested in this too.Please let us know if you plan to add them.

   Thanks
6. sd-chandran commented on Aug 7, 2018

   

   sd-chandran

   on Aug 7, 2018

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   Hello,
   I am also running the same issue. How to skip the root element <data></data> while converting JSON to XML?

   Thanks.