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Problems Accessing Nested Structs in Coldfusion

I'm trying to parse out an Azure DevOps API to get work item detail as documented here in the Azure DevOps API Docs.

I can successfully call it but I'm struggling to access fields in the second nested struct. It returns the following, as a brief example:

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My code:

<cfset result="#DeserializeJSON(cfhttp.filecontent)#">

<cfoutput>
  #result.id#, #result.rev#, 
  <!---<cfdump var="#result.fields#">--->
  <cfloop collection="#result.fields#" item="f">
    <cfif not isStruct( result.fields[f] )>
      <cfif not isArray( result.fields[f])>
        #encodeForHTML(f)#, #encodeForHTML(result.fields[f])# <br/>
      </cfif>
    </cfif>
  </cfloop>
</cfoutput>

The part that I'm getting hung up on is how to reference System.AreaPath directly, for example. I've tried to reference it like:

#result.fields[f].[System.AreaPath]# but I get errors. Is it possible to reference this nested struct by name directly, as well as the other children within it like System.TeamProject?

Thank you in advance.

Solution

  • I think @mykaf is right. If you're looping over the struct #result.fields# with 'f' as your item, then f will be the struct members as the loop iterates. For example, System.AreaPath, System.TeamProject, etc....

    So, if you're trying to display the value in "System.AreaPath" inside the loop, it would be:

    #result.fields[f]#

    Where your original question led us to think you wanted to "reference System.AreaPath directly". If that were the case, referencing it outside the loop, it would be:

    #result.fields["System.AreaPath"]#