JSON is not XML. What you are proposing is to use JSON as though it were XML, which doesn't make any sense in my oppinion. Let them each play to their strengths.
/Jonas On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 9:16 PM, James MacAulay <[email protected]> wrote: > The way Rails handles root nodes in JSON and XML serialization is > inconsistent. This has been discussed before: > > https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/2584-232-activeresource-json-doesnt-send-parameters-with-root-node > > This seems mostly taken care of with > ActiveModel::Base.include_root_in_json, especially if/when it ends up > in ActiveResource. However, there is also the issue of how Enumerables > are serialized. This ticket would have me believe that it's a solved > issue in Rails 3: > > https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/3812-collection-root-for-enumerable-to_json > > But how is this being taken care of exactly? It seems like, for > consistency's sake, we'd want the structure of JSON serialization to > be as close to Hash#from_xml's output as possible. This is the state > of affairs with 3.0.0.beta2 (the last two expressions are the most > important for this discussion): > > Loading development environment (Rails 3.0.0.beta2) > irb(main):001:0> foo = Thing.first > => #<Thing id: 1, name: "foo"> > irb(main):002:0> Thing.include_root_in_json = true > => true > irb(main):003:0> puts foo.to_json > {"thing":{"name":"foo","id":1}} > => nil > irb(main):004:0> Hash.from_xml(foo.to_xml) > => {"thing"=>{"name"=>"foo", "id"=>1}} > irb(main):005:0> puts [foo].to_json > [{"thing":{"name":"foo","id":1}}] > => nil > irb(main):006:0> Hash.from_xml([foo].to_xml) > => {"things"=>[{"name"=>"foo", "id"=>1}]} > > I think we should make the default JSON serialization output > [foo].to_json like this: > > {"things": [{"name":"foo","id":1}]} > > ...in order to be consistent with XML. Thoughts? > > -James > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en.
