将NSDictionary转换为XML

4

我需要以XML格式发布数据。服务器接受特定的XML格式。我不想手动编写XML,而是希望创建NSMutableDictionary并从其中填充数据,再将其转换为XML。

我使用以下代码:

[NSPropertyListSerialization dataWithPropertyList:data format:NSPropertyListXMLFormat_v1_0 options:0

这是示例的返回结果:
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"><plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>email</key>
<string>me@n.net</string>
<key>invoice_date</key>
<string>2012-10-11T10:35:09Z</string>
<key>invoice_lines</key>
<array>
    <dict>
        <key>product_id</key>
        <integer>1021493</integer>
        <key>quantity</key>
        <real>1</real>
        <key>retail_price</key>
        <real>110</real>
    </dict>
</array>
<key>payments</key>
<array>
    <dict>
        <key>amount</key>
        <real>288.5</real>
    </dict>
    <dict>
        <key>payment_type_id</key>
        <integer>1</integer>
    </dict>
</array>

上述格式从服务器上无法读取。

服务器需要像这样的XML反馈。

  <invoice>
      <invoice_date>2012-10-11T10:35:09Z</invoice_date>
      <email>me@n.net</email>
        <invoice_lines type="array">
         <invoice_line>
       <product_id>1021505</product_id>
       <quantity>1</quantity>
       <retail_price>45</retail_price>
     </invoice_line>
  </invoice_lines>
  <payments type="array">
    <payment>
      <amount>288.5</amount>
     </payment>
  </payments>

</invoice>

能否从NSDictionary生成上述的xml呢?
谢谢!
4个回答

4
简短回答是:不,Cocoa库中没有内置的能力来做到这一点。
因为你正在编写而不是解析,并且可能在处理有限的标记集合,输出XML的代码实际上并不那么复杂。它应该只是你的发票对象中的一个简单方法,类似于:
- (NSString*) postStringInXMLFormat
{
    NSMutableString* returnValue = [[NSMutableString alloc] init];
    if([self email])
    {
        [returnValue appendString:@"<email>"];
        [returnValue appendString:[self email]];
        [returnValue appendString:@"</email>"];
    }
    if([self invoice_date])
    ...

and so on. At the end return

[NSString stringWithString:returnValue]

有很多第三方项目试图概括这个过程,其中一些在这个答案中列出:

XML序列化库适用于iPhone应用程序

但是,如果你只想创建一个单一的、稳定的格式,让服务器端能够识别,并且你不需要转换大量实体,那么自己开发可能是更少的工作。


2
将来参考:上述代码也可以通过以下方式实现:[returnValue appendFormat:@"<email>%@</email>, [self email]"]; - Cutetare

3

以下是将字典递归转换为XML字符串的方法。它可以处理字典、数组和字符串。字典键是XML标签,字典对象用作树中的值或子项。对于数组,数组中的每个元素都使用相同的标签放置在同一子级上。

- (NSString*)ConvertDictionarytoXML:(NSDictionary*)dictionary  withStartElement:(NSString*)startElement{
    NSMutableString *xml = [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithString:@""];
    [xml appendString:@"<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>"];
    [xml appendString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"<%@>",startElement]];
    [self convertNode:dictionary withString:xml andTag:nil];
    [xml appendString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"</%@>",startElement]];
    NSString *finalXML=[xml stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"&" withString:@"&amp;"];
    NSLog(@"%@",xml);
    return finalXML;
}

- (void)convertNode:(id)node withString:(NSMutableString *)xml andTag:(NSString *)tag{
    if ([node isKindOfClass:[NSDictionary class]] && !tag) {
    NSArray *keys = [node allKeys];
    for (NSString *key in keys) {
        [self convertNode:[node objectForKey:key] withString:xml andTag:key];
    }
    }else if ([node isKindOfClass:[NSArray class]]) {
        for (id value in node) {
             [self convertNode:value withString:xml andTag:tag];
        }
    }else {
        [xml appendString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"<%@>", tag]];
        if ([node isKindOfClass:[NSString class]]) {
        [xml appendString:node];
        }else if ([node isKindOfClass:[NSDictionary class]]) {
            [self convertNode:node withString:xml andTag:nil];
        }
        [xml appendString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"</%@>", tag]];
    }
}

2
如果您不想使用库或需要额外的定制:

- (NSString*)convertDictionaryToXML:(NSDictionary*)dictionary withStartElement:(NSString*)startElement
{
    return [self convertDictionaryToXML:dictionary withStartElement:startElement isFirstElement:YES];
}

- (NSString*)convertDictionaryToXML:(NSDictionary*)dictionary withStartElement:(NSString*)startElement isFirstElement:(BOOL) isFirstElement
{
    NSMutableString *xml = [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithString:@""];
    NSArray *arr = [dictionary allKeys];
    if (isFirstElement)
    {
        [xml appendString:@"<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n"];
    }
    [xml appendString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"<%@>\n", startElement]];
    for(int i=0; i < [arr count]; i++)
    {
        NSString *nodeName = [arr objectAtIndex:i];
        id nodeValue = [dictionary objectForKey:nodeName];
        if([nodeValue isKindOfClass:[NSArray class]])
        {
            if([nodeValue count]>0)
            {
                for(int j=0;j<[nodeValue count];j++)
                {
                    id value = [nodeValue objectAtIndex:j];
                    if([value isKindOfClass:[NSDictionary class]])
                    {
                        [xml appendString:[self convertDictionaryToXML:value withStartElement:nodeName isFirstElement:NO]];
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        else if([nodeValue isKindOfClass:[NSDictionary class]])
        {
            [xml appendString:[self convertDictionaryToXML:nodeValue withStartElement:nodeName isFirstElement:NO]];
        }
        else
        {
            if([nodeValue length]>0){
                [xml appendString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"<%@>",nodeName]];
                [xml appendString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",[dictionary objectForKey:nodeName]]];
                [xml appendString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"</%@>\n",nodeName]];
            }
        }
    }

    [xml appendString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"</%@>\n",startElement]];

    NSString *finalxml=[xml stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"&" withString:@"&amp;"];

    return finalxml;
}

并将其称为:

NSString *xmlString = [self convertDictionaryToXML:data withStartElement:startElementName];

太棒了。运行得非常顺畅。 - Alex Zavatone
正在尝试将Nick Lockwood的OrderedDictionary添加到这个项目中,因为需要按特定顺序编写一些XML。 - Alex Zavatone

0

参考@RemembranceNN的答案,将其转换为Swift。

extension Dictionary {
    func getXML(withStartElement startElement: String) -> String {
        (self as NSDictionary).getXML(withStartElement: "message")
    }
}

extension NSDictionary {
    func getXML(withStartElement startElement: String, addLeafChildAsAttributes attrFlag: Bool, dontCreateNameSpaceChilds nsFlag: Bool) -> String {
        var string = ""
        var startTag = "<\(startElement)"
        var tagValue = ""
        
        for (key, value) in self {
            if let arr = value as? NSArray {
                for item in arr {
                    if let itemDict = item as? NSDictionary {
                        tagValue.append(itemDict.getXML(withStartElement: "\(key)", addLeafChildAsAttributes: attrFlag, dontCreateNameSpaceChilds: nsFlag))
                    } else {
                        tagValue.append("<\(key)>")
                        tagValue.append("\(item)")
                        tagValue.append("</\(key)>")
                    }
                }
            } else if let nestedDict = value as? NSDictionary {
                tagValue.append(nestedDict.getXML(withStartElement: "\(key)", addLeafChildAsAttributes: attrFlag, dontCreateNameSpaceChilds: nsFlag))
            } else {
                if attrFlag || (nsFlag && "\(key)" == "xmlns") {
                    startTag.append(" \(key)=\"\(value)\"")
                }
                if !nsFlag || "\(key)" != "xmlns" {
                    tagValue.append("<\(key)>")
                    tagValue.append("\(value)")
                    tagValue.append("</\(key)>")
                }
            }
        }
        startTag.append(">")
        string.append(startTag)
        string.append(tagValue)
        string.append("</\(startElement)>")
        return string
    }
}

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