Question

I have this XML structure that I wish to construct in JSON format using JavaScript – preferably using dot notation all the way if possible. 🙂

Here is the XML – note this is a pseudo structure, to keep it simple! 🙂

<Items>
   <Item>
      <Name>Item 1</Name>
      <SubItems>
         <Item>
           <Name>Sub Item 1</Name>
         </Item>
      </SubItems>
   </Item>
   <Item>
      <Name>Item 2</Name>
   </Item>
</Items>

So, when I convert my JSON to XML (on the server), the output should be like above.

I need help getting started with this. I Google’d around and I couldn’t find any examples on how to do this.

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: I am using NewtonSoft JSON for .NET to convert from JSON to XML!

EDIT 2: Ok, I figured out the Raw JSON structure to get the convertion to XML right – here it is:

var json = {
        "Items":
            {
                "Item":
                    [   
                        {
                            "Name": "Test 1" ,
                            "SubItems":
                            {
                                "Item":
                                    [
                                        {
                                            "Name":"Test 1"
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "Name":"Test 2"
                                        }
                                    ]
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "Name":"Test 2"
                        }
                    ]
            }
    };

That will produce the exact same XML structure as defined above.

Now, how would I go about building this structure using dot notation?

EDIT 3: With the help of Nikhil & Darin, I figured it out, however this only answers the pseudo-question. However I will mark this as answered and create a new question. 🙂

EDIT 4: I posted my extension to the marked answer. 🙂

Answer 1

var json = {};
json.Items = {};
json.Items.Item = new Array();

var item1 = {};
item1.Name = "Test 1"
item1.SubItems = new Array();

var subItem1 = {};
subItem1.Item = new Array();
subSubItem1 = {};
subSubItem1.Name = "Test 1";
subSubItem2 = {};
subSubItem2.Name = "Test 2";
subItem1.Item.push(subSubItem1);
subItem1.Item.push(subSubItem2);
item1.SubItems.push(subItem1);
var item2 = {};
item2.Name = "Test 2";
json.Items.Item.push(item1);
json.Items.Item.push(item2);

Output of the above code is

{
    "Items": {
        "Item": [
            {
                "Name": "Test 1",
                "SubItems": [
                    {
                        "Item": [
                            {
                                "Name": "Test 1"
                            },
                            {
                                "Name": "Test 2"
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "Name": "Test 2"
            }
        ]
    }
}

that should do it 🙂