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ghoshly
PostPosted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 5:17 pm    Post subject: XML to JSON conversion - Empty field Reply with quote

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Hello,

I am using IIB v10.0.0.10 and converting an XML input to JSON format to call external service. In case of an empty field (<EndDate></EndDate>), by default JSON serializer is creating an empty object with {} notation as "EndDate":{}. However, the end system is failing to understand / accept the format and expecting "" in place.

Is there a way / configuration in IIB, that I can use to generate empty JSON field as "EndDate": ""

Thanks in advance.
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timber
PostPosted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 2:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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There is no way to do this in the JSON output.
However, you may be able to add a default value to your XML Schema for EndDate, so that an empty string gets parsed as "EndDate". Just bear in mind that "EndDate" is not a valid XML Schema date, so you will need to model it as xs:string.
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ghoshly
PostPosted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:28 am    Post subject: XML to JSON conversion - Empty field Reply with quote

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Thanks Kimbert for your reply. Source side application is not a problem here and the issue is with Target system which is expecting "" only to perform certain tasks.
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timber
PostPosted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 9:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Source side application is not a problem here and the issue is with Target system
Yes, I got that. But your message flow must be parsing the XML, so it can apply default values while doing so. You should be able to automatically convert an empty EndDate tag into a tag with a default value.
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ghoshly
PostPosted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 1:20 pm    Post subject: Handling with NULL value. Reply with quote

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Luckily, the end system accepted NULL VALUE for the field and I am handling it that way.
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akashnambiar95
PostPosted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 10:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Did you try using the coalesce function? I think that'd help
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