XML.toString(array)

Author: douglascrockford

Test.java

@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ public void testJSON() throws Exception {
         int ar[] = {1, 2, 3};
         JSONArray ja = new JSONArray(ar);
         assertEquals("[1,2,3]", ja.toString());
+        assertEquals("<array>1</array><array>2</array><array>3</array>", XML.toString(ar));
 
         String sa[] = {"aString", "aNumber", "aBoolean"};
         jsonobject = new JSONObject(beanie, sa);

XML.java

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 SOFTWARE.
 */
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 
 
@@ -460,17 +459,6 @@ public static String toString(Object object, String tagName)
                             sb.append(toString(value, key));
                         }
                     }
-                } else if (value.getClass().isArray()) {
-                    length = Array.getLength(value);
-                    for (i = 0; i < length; i += 1) {
-                        sb.append('<');
-                        sb.append(key);
-                        sb.append('>');
-                        sb.append(Array.get(value, i).toString());
-                        sb.append("</");
-                        sb.append(key);
-                        sb.append('>');
-                    }
                 } else if (value.equals("")) {
                     sb.append('<');
                     sb.append(key);
@@ -495,18 +483,23 @@ public static String toString(Object object, String tagName)
 // XML does not have good support for arrays. If an array appears in a place
 // where XML is lacking, synthesize an <array> element.
 
-        } else if (object instanceof JSONArray) {
-            ja = (JSONArray)object;
-            length = ja.length();
-            for (i = 0; i < length; i += 1) {
-                sb.append(toString(ja.opt(i), tagName == null ? "array" : tagName));
-            }
-            return sb.toString();
         } else {
-            string = (object == null) ? "null" : escape(object.toString());
-            return (tagName == null) ? "\"" + string + "\"" :
-                (string.length() == 0) ? "<" + tagName + "/>" :
-                "<" + tagName + ">" + string + "</" + tagName + ">";
+            if (object.getClass().isArray()) {
+                object = new JSONArray(object);
+            }
+            if (object instanceof JSONArray) {
+                ja = (JSONArray)object;
+                length = ja.length();
+                for (i = 0; i < length; i += 1) {
+                    sb.append(toString(ja.opt(i), tagName == null ? "array" : tagName));
+                }
+                return sb.toString();
+            } else {
+                string = (object == null) ? "null" : escape(object.toString());
+                return (tagName == null) ? "\"" + string + "\"" :
+                    (string.length() == 0) ? "<" + tagName + "/>" :
+                    "<" + tagName + ">" + string + "</" + tagName + ">";
+            }
         }
     }
 }