I have a situation where a provider is using C# code to demonstrate XML
method requirements. In this case we have several elements, the first of
which states "array of selected items." This looks like the below text in
SOAP XML:

SOAP.XML:= '<in1>'
SOAP.XML:= '<string>2223</string>'
SOAP.XML:= '<string>2216</string>'
SOAP.XML:= '<string>2217</string>'
SOAP.XML:= '<string>11899</string>'
SOAP.XML:= '</in1>'

But then the next element specifies "array of arrays" to provide several
categories per item. So I need to generate XML to represent several
categories for each of the above items (2223, 2216, 2217, 11899).

I could guess that one element might look like:
<string>2223</string><cat1>C001</cat1><cat2>C002</cat2> etc, but I don't
know if this is kosher. Does anyone recognize this issue? Can you tell me
how to structure a "multivalued" XML array?

Thanks!

Ed

Update: The category section is 'in1' to that implies a separate section. So
perhaps I just match the positions in in0 to in1?

Ed

"Ed Sheehan" <NOedsSPAM (AT) xmission (DOT) com> wrote

Sorry for this. The items section is in0. Category is in1.

Ed

"Ed Sheehan" <NOedsSPAM (AT) xmission (DOT) com> wrote

Not 100% sure what you are trying to achieve, but I think what you are
after is:
<in1>
<string>
<name>2223</name>
<categories>
<category>C001</category>
<category>C002</category>
</categories>
</string>
<string>
<name>2216</name>
<categories>
<category>C002</category>
<category>C015</category>
</categories>
</string
</in1>

array of arrays is created by a tag set with a tag set inside that
repeats. The outer tag set doesn't contain a value itself, but a tag
with the value inside of it (i.e. <name>).

Marshall

Would it mnake sense to do it this way? I'm just trying to fit in the in0
and in1 labels since they are used to represent items and categories.

<in0>
<string>2223</string>
<in1>
<string>C001</string>
<string>C002</string>
</in1>
<string>2216</string>
<in1>
<string>C002</string>
<string>C015</string>
</in1>
</in0>

<mlucas (AT) doxgroup (DOT) com> wrote

Does the consumer of the XML really want _arrays_ or just nested values?

For the former, you might need 'type="array"' somewhere.

<things>
<thing type="array">
<thing>
<category>C001</category>
</thing>
<thing>
<category>C002</category>
</thing>
</thing>
</things>

Above is an array of (two) things, each of which has a (unique) category.

--
frosty


<mlucas (AT) doxgroup (DOT) com> wrote

Hi Ed,

On Apr 22, 11:14*am, "Ed Sheehan" <NOedsS... (AT) xmission (DOT) com> wrote:
Not really enough information to provide a direct answer, but aren't
SOAP arrays usually defined by the "SOAP-ENC:Array" type?

You mentioned having C# code available. Can't you just look at that
for the answer?

--
Kevin Powick

I do have the code, but I'm not a C# programmer. I can see some references
to methods, but I don't know what that code is expecting back in the XML.
This is related to the last posting, where I wasn't sure how to invoke the
response method. Trial and error produced an answer, but now we're moving to
the next step.

Would seeing the code snippet help you to determine the XML structure?

Ed

"Kevin Powick" <kpowick (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

Hi Ed,

On Apr 22, 11:14 am, "Ed Sheehan" <NOedsS... (AT) xmission (DOT) com> wrote:
Not really enough information to provide a direct answer, but aren't
SOAP arrays usually defined by the "SOAP-ENC:Array" type?

You mentioned having C# code available. Can't you just look at that
for the answer?

--
Kevin Powick

On Apr 22, 12:14*pm, "Ed Sheehan" <NOedsS... (AT) xmission (DOT) com> wrote:
Depends on what you want in C# as a structure. I assume you are using
the MS XML object to tear it all back out in which case your structure
yields:

(assuming xml is the variable you pull the xml text into and parse)

xml.in0[0].string = "2223"
xml.in0[0].in1[0].string = "C001"
xml.in0[0].in1[1].string = "C002"
xml.in0[1].string = "2216"
xml.in0[1].in1[0].string = "C002"
xml.in0[1].in1[1].string = "C015"

Adjusting my XML slightly to be:
<in0>
<in1>
<name>2223</name>
<cats>
<cat>C001</cat>
<cat>C002</cat>
</cats>
</in1>
<in1>
<name>2216</name>
<cats>
<cat>C002</cat>
<cat>C015</cat>
</cats>
</in1>
</in0>

Yields:
xml.in0.in1[0].name = "2223"
xml.in0.in1[0].cats.cat[0] = "C001"
xml.in0.in1[0].cats.cat[1] = "C002"
xml.in0.in1[1].name = "2216"
xml.in0.in1[1].cats.cat[0] = "C002"
xml.in0.in1[1].cats.cat[1] = "C015"

I think they're abstracting the names into these in0/in1... labels (for want
of a better word), so your first example, while not as elegant as your
second, seems to be the way they're going.

Thanks,

Ed

<mlucas (AT) doxgroup (DOT) com> wrote

On Apr 22, 12:14 pm, "Ed Sheehan" <NOedsS... (AT) xmission (DOT) com> wrote:
Depends on what you want in C# as a structure. I assume you are using
the MS XML object to tear it all back out in which case your structure
yields:

(assuming xml is the variable you pull the xml text into and parse)

xml.in0[0].string = "2223"
xml.in0[0].in1[0].string = "C001"
xml.in0[0].in1[1].string = "C002"
xml.in0[1].string = "2216"
xml.in0[1].in1[0].string = "C002"
xml.in0[1].in1[1].string = "C015"

Adjusting my XML slightly to be:
<in0>
<in1>
<name>2223</name>
<cats>
<cat>C001</cat>
<cat>C002</cat>
</cats>
</in1>
<in1>
<name>2216</name>
<cats>
<cat>C002</cat>
<cat>C015</cat>
</cats>
</in1>
</in0>

Yields:
xml.in0.in1[0].name = "2223"
xml.in0.in1[0].cats.cat[0] = "C001"
xml.in0.in1[0].cats.cat[1] = "C002"
xml.in0.in1[1].name = "2216"
xml.in0.in1[1].cats.cat[0] = "C002"
xml.in0.in1[1].cats.cat[1] = "C015"