XML2JSON

XML2JSON: convert XML files to JSON using an XDS file to make a list of single XML elements into a JSON array where necessary.

It uses the JSON.NET library.

Usage:

XML2JSON.exe input.xml input.xsd output.json

Example input.xds:

Assuming that input.xds has a complex element types of genre and book, with maxOccues > 1, that will give as a list of elements of:

genre
book

Example XML Input:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<catalog>
   <book id="bk101">
	  <author>Gambardella, Matthew</author>
	  <title>XML Developer's Guide</title>
	  <genre>Computer</genre>
	  <price>44.95</price>
	  <publish_date>2000-10-01</publish_date>
	  <description>An in-depth look at creating applications 
	  with XML.</description>
   </book>
</catalog>

Example Output:

{
  "catalog": {
    "book": [
      {
        "id": "bk101",
        "author": "Gambardella, Matthew",
        "title": "XML Developer's Guide",
        "genre": [
          {
            "id": 1,
            "text": "Computer"
          }
        ],
        "price": 44.95,
        "publish_date": "2000-10-01",
        "description": "An in-depth look at creating applications \r\n      with XML."
      }
    ]
  }
}

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