Re: [xsl] Convert JSON to XML?

["dvint dvint@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm trying to find an xml result that is better than what json-to-xml()
produces. I already have that approach working. I'm not trying for the perfect
or correct interpretation of the json environment,B  just something with more
useful element names. Was that the map/map/map/string item, vs
example/titleSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: "Edward Porter edward.porter@xxxxxxx"
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>IDate: 5/2/25  6:02 AM  (GMT-08:00)
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [xsl] Convert JSON to XML?



Regarding bloading into a Docker image for the production implementationb,
last year I presented at

XML Prague on containerizing XML build tools. You might try that path. You
could easily build an image with Saxon and an XProc processor (like
MorganaXProc), and the JVM of your choice. With those

 tools in place, you could write a pretty simple XProc pipeline to leverage
the XSLT



fn:json-to-xml to generate XML from your JSON inputs. If you pipelinebs
simple enough, you may be able to skip the XProc processor itself and just use
Saxon directly. You can create the image such that itbs effectively a CLI
tool rather than a continuously

 running container by mounting the appropriate input and output volumes and
configuring the parameters you need to pass to your pipeline in your
dockerfile.

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On Thu, May 1, 2025 at 6:35b/PM

dvint@xxxxxxxxx <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:





I know (and have been using) the xlst json-to-xml() function for this



purpose, but it is a pretty basic result. I happened to try the JSON to

XML funtion in oXygen and got what I'd say is a much better result where

I had some unique elemeent names instead of everything being a map or a

string element.



I was poking around to try and find a tool/library I could use in my

conversion path and everything I'm finding is an online tool or has a

price. Currently I'm developing a conversion pipeline and can leverage

oXygen for this, but I need something I can build into a tool and load

into a Docker image for the production implementation.



Anyone have a suggestion?







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Hi Dan,





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It is not possible to map JSON to XML in a "correct" way because a JSON
element can only be either a map or a list and not both whereas each XML
element is both a map and a list.





As a result there are many ways to represent the same data.



And frequently what is perceived as "correct" is really not technically or
conceptually.

For example, it is commonplace to do something like the following:



<address>

B  <street>123 Main St</street>

B  <city>Townville</city>

B  <state>PA</state>

</address>



IMO the "correct" form for an XML element is to put values that are not
divisible into attributes which means the truely correct way to represent this
data is:



<address

B  street="123 Main St"

B  city="Townville"

B  state="PA"/>



Anyway, my point is that the only "correct" way to convert JSON to XML is to
understand in advance which of the many XML representations is "correct" for
your particular application and then write code to explicitly perform that
conversion.



It's also not something that necessitates a third party tool as it is almost
trivial to write code to recur through the JSON structure and emit XML text
directly.





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Mike





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Michael B Allen

Java AD DS Integration

https://www.ioplex.com/













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