Reason to change xml attributes to json properties prefixed with "-" ?

[softKarma]

My colleague just let me know about this library and it's great. I am now using it to mainly convert XML to JSON. While converting I observed that XML attributes in a tag are converted to JSON properties prefixed with "-" or "@" (if we provide the specific mode). I was wondering what is the reason to do so? Is there a way to just convert it into properties without a prefix?

[javadev]

Hi @softKarma,

Thank you for your question.

We have a special mode to convert attributes without prefixes.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<widget>
   <debug>on</debug>
   <window title="Sample Konfabulator Widget">
		I just put some text here
<name>main_window</name>
      <width>500</width>
      <height>500</height>
   </window>
   <image name="sun1" src="Images/Sun.png">
      <hOffset>
				250<unit>mm</unit>
      </hOffset>
      <vOffset>250</vOffset>
      <alignment>center</alignment>
   </image>
</widget>

may be converted to

{
   "widget": {
      "debug": "on",
      "window": {
         "title": "Sample Konfabulator Widget",
         "#text": "\n\t\tI just put some text here\n",
         "name": "main_window",
         "width": 500,
         "height": 500
      },
      "image": {
         "name": "sun1",
         "src": "Images/Sun.png",
         "hOffset": {
            "#text": "\n\t\t\t\t250",
            "unit": "mm"
         },
         "vOffset": 250,
         "alignment": "center"
      }
   }
}

The java code

Object result = U.removeMinusesAndConvertNumbers((Map<String, Object>) Xml.fromXml(xmlString));