Added ConvertAsArrayPaths parameter

Frends.JSON.ConvertXMLStringToJToken/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.2.0] - 2025-01-13
+### Added
+- Added ConvertAsArrayPaths parameter that specify which XML elements should be converted to arrays.
+
 ## [1.1.0] - 2024-08-20
 ### Updated
 - Updated Newtonsoft.Json library to the latest version 13.0.3.

Frends.JSON.ConvertXMLStringToJToken/Frends.JSON.ConvertXMLStringToJToken.Tests/UnitTests.cs

@@ -29,4 +29,30 @@ public void ShouldConvertXmlStringToJToken()
         Assert.IsTrue(result.Success);
         Assert.IsInstanceOfType(result.Jtoken, typeof(JObject));
     }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void ConvertXMLStringToJToken_WithConvertAsArrayPaths_ShouldTreatSingleItemsAsArrays()
+    {
+        var input = new Input()
+        {
+            XML = @"<root>
+                   <items>
+                     <item>item1</item>
+                   </items>
+                   <categories>
+                     <category>category1</category>
+                   </categories>
+                </root>",
+            ConvertAsArrayPaths = new[] { "$.root.items.item" }
+        };
+        var result = JSON.ConvertXMLStringToJToken(input);
+
+        Assert.IsTrue(result.Success);
+
+        Assert.AreEqual(result.Jtoken["root"]["items"]["item"].Type, JTokenType.Array);
+        Assert.AreEqual(result.Jtoken["root"]["items"]["item"][0].ToString(), "item1");
+
+        Assert.AreEqual(result.Jtoken["root"]["categories"]["category"].Type, JTokenType.String);
+        Assert.AreEqual(result.Jtoken["root"]["categories"]["category"].ToString(), "category1");
+    }
 }

Frends.JSON.ConvertXMLStringToJToken/Frends.JSON.ConvertXMLStringToJToken/ConvertXMLStringToJToken.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Xml;
 
 namespace Frends.JSON.ConvertXMLStringToJToken;
@@ -22,6 +23,25 @@ public static Result ConvertXMLStringToJToken([PropertyTab] Input input)
         var doc = new XmlDocument();
         doc.LoadXml(input.XML);
         var jsonString = JsonConvert.SerializeXmlNode(doc);
-        return new Result(true, JToken.Parse(jsonString));
+        var jToken = JToken.Parse(jsonString);
+
+        if (input.ConvertAsArrayPaths != null && input.ConvertAsArrayPaths.Length > 0)
+        {
+            foreach (var path in input.ConvertAsArrayPaths)
+            {
+                var matchingTokens = jToken.SelectTokens(path).ToList();
+
+                foreach (var token in matchingTokens)
+                {
+                    if (token.Type != JTokenType.Array)
+                    {
+                        var array = new JArray(token);
+                        token.Replace(array);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return new Result(true, jToken);
     }
 }

Frends.JSON.ConvertXMLStringToJToken/Frends.JSON.ConvertXMLStringToJToken/Definitions/Input.cs

@@ -10,4 +10,12 @@ public class Input
     /// </summary>
     /// <example>&lt;?xml version='1.0' standalone='no'?&gt;&lt;root&gt;&lt;foos id = '1' &gt;&lt;foo&gt;bar&lt;/name&gt;&lt;/foos&gt;&lt;/root&gt;</example>
     public string XML { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A list of XPath expressions that specify which XML elements should always be converted to arrays.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <example>
+    /// new[] { "$.root.items.item" }
+    /// </example>
+    public string[] ConvertAsArrayPaths { get; set; }
 }

Frends.JSON.ConvertXMLStringToJToken/Frends.JSON.ConvertXMLStringToJToken/Frends.JSON.ConvertXMLStringToJToken.csproj

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
 	<TargetFrameworks>net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
-	<Version>1.1.0</Version>
+	<Version>1.2.0</Version>
 	<Authors>Frends</Authors>
 	<Copyright>Frends</Copyright>
 	<Company>Frends</Company>