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Why am I getting invalide XML from JSON?

Here is my code (json is a String): 

String xml = XML.toString(new JSONObject(json));

JSON: 

{
    "components": {
        "header": "generic",
        "body": "generic",
        "footer": "watchlist"
    },
    "featuredArticle": {
        "title": "Test title",
        "text": "test text."
    },
    "header": {
        "ref": ""
    },
    "body": {
        "ref": ""
    },
    "footer": {
        "ref": ""
    }
}

XML: 

<components>
    <footer>watchlist</footer>
    <header>generic</header>
    <body>generic</body>
</components>
<footer>
    <ref />
</footer>
<header>
    <ref />
</header>
<featuredArticle>
    <text>test text.</text>
    <title>Test title</title>
</featuredArticle>
<body>
    <ref />
</body>

When I validate the JSON in text mate it passes, but the XML does not.

Solution

  • A valid XML must have a root element. Your example does not have one.

    Try the following JSON (added root element "data"):

    {
    "data": {
        "components": {
            "header": "generic",
            "body": "generic",
            "footer": "watchlist"
        },
        "featuredArticle": {
            "title": "Test title",
            "text": "test text."
        },
        "header": {
            "ref": ""
        },
        "body": {
            "ref": ""
        },
        "footer": {
            "ref": ""
        }
    }
}