Conversion of XML Schema to JSON array list in Biztalk - json

Question

I have defined a xml scehema below
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vc="http://www.w3.org/2007/XMLSchema-versioning" vc:minVersion="1.1">
<xs:element name="Root">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:all>
<xs:element name="bblist">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="item" type="xs:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:all>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>
I want to generate the Json below using a pipeline.
{
"bblist":
[
"13403"
]
}
but the BizTalk pipeline converts it to
{"bblist": "13403"}
Just wondering if my schema is correct. Am I defining the xsd to generate Json arrays correctly?

Answer 1

There are three issues with your XSD schema
You haven't defined a target Namespace. Which means when it goes through the XML Receive it sets the MessageType to a default set of values which doesn't reference the schema. Which means it might not know which schema to use in the JSON Encoder.
MessageType Root Promoted http://schemas.microsoft.com/BizTalk/2003/system-properties
You have used a <xs:all> rather than a <xs:sequence> in your schema definition. That the JSON Encoder doesn't handle.
If you define your schema as this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:b="http://schemas.microsoft.com/BizTalk/2003" xmlns="http://bblist" xmlns:vc="http://www.w3.org/2007/XMLSchema-versioning" targetNamespace="http://bblist" vc:minVersion="1.1" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xs:element name="Root">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element minOccurs="1" name="bblist">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded" name="item" type="xs:string" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>
With a payload of
<ns0:Root xmlns:ns0="http://bblist">
<bblist>
<item>item_0</item>
</bblist>
</ns0:Root>
You get a output of
{
"bblist": {
"item": [
"item_0"
]
}
}
This is closer to your expected JSON, with it making an array of the repeating element.
Your structure is incorrect for the JSON you are expecting as you have the repeat on the item and not on the blist.
If you define your schema as
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:b="http://schemas.microsoft.com/BizTalk/2003" xmlns="http://bblist" xmlns:vc="http://www.w3.org/2007/XMLSchema-versioning" targetNamespace="http://bblist" vc:minVersion="1.1" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xs:element name="Root">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded" name="blist" type="xs:string" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>
XML is
<ns0:Root xmlns:ns0="http://bblist">
<blist>blist_0</blist>
</ns0:Root>
JSON is
{
"blist": [
"blist_0"
]
}