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Hello, Not quiet sure if this is the right forum for such a basic question, but here you go... I would like to map a, er, map (as in java.util.Map) into a XML element... but I'm not quiet sure how "verbose" I should be... For example: <map> <entry> <key> <string>aKey</string> </key> <value> <integer>101</integer> </value> </entry> </map> The above pretty much "spell out" everything: a map is composed of entries containing key value pairs. This is pretty much how XML-RPC defines a structure: http://www.xmlrpc.com/spec Alternatively, XStream encodes a Map pretty much like the above, but drops the inner <key/> and <value/> while still specifying an <entry/> tag: http://xstream.codehaus.org/converters.html Finally, Apple uses only one <key/> element in their property lists: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ PropertyLists/index.html In theory a map element could get going by simply defining it as a succession of values: <map> <string>aKey</string> <integer>101</integer> </map> Is there a more or less "agreed upon" scheme to define a map type structure in XML? Thoughts? Alternatives? TIA. PA.
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