Cannot coerce Array error while using map operator with XML data in mule 4? - esb

Question

I am getting the following error while using the map operator:
org.mule.runtime.core.internal.message.ErrorBuilder$ErrorImplementation
{
description="Cannot coerce Array (org.mule.weave.v2.model.values.ArrayValue$IteratorArrayValue#22af825a) to String
Trace:
at main (Unknown), while writing Xml
Payload:
%dw 2.0
output application/xml
ns cc someUrl
---
(vars.products*product map {
cc #productDetails: {
cc #productCategory: $.productCategory,
cc #productName: $.productName,
cc #productImageData: $.productImageData
}
})
Products:
[
product:{productCategory= "A", productName="name", productImageData=base64 string},
product:{productCategory= "B", productName="name2", productImageData=base64 string},
product:{productCategory= "C", productName="name3", productImageData=base64 string}
]

Answer 1

There are no arrays in XML. I resolved that by using reduce() to concatenate the objects in the array. Also I added a root element, which is required in XML.
For simplicity, I just added products as a variable inside the script:
%dw 2.0
output application/xml
ns cc someUrl
var products=[
product:{productCategory: "A", productName:"name", productImageData:"base64 string"},
product:{productCategory: "B", productName:"name2", productImageData:"base64 string"},
product:{productCategory: "C", productName:"name3", productImageData:"base64 string"}
]
---
result: ( products.*product map {
cc #productDetails: {
cc #productCategory: $.productCategory,
cc #productName: $.productName,
cc #productImageData: $.productImageData
}
} ) reduce ((item, accumulator={}) -> item ++ accumulator )
Output:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<result>
<cc:productDetails xmlns:cc="someUrl">
<cc:productCategory>C</cc:productCategory>
<cc:productName>name3</cc:productName>
<cc:productImageData>base64 string</cc:productImageData>
</cc:productDetails>
<cc:productDetails xmlns:cc="someUrl">
<cc:productCategory>B</cc:productCategory>
<cc:productName>name2</cc:productName>
<cc:productImageData>base64 string</cc:productImageData>
</cc:productDetails>
<cc:productDetails xmlns:cc="someUrl">
<cc:productCategory>A</cc:productCategory>
<cc:productName>name</cc:productName>
<cc:productImageData>base64 string</cc:productImageData>
</cc:productDetails>
</result>