XML: no xlateInVals element if field not present

[Robert Kersemakers]

Hi all,

Just ran into this ‘thing’ on CL6.0.2. I have an Xlate from XML to csv. I am trying something like this

Code:

COPY  msg.person.field1  -> @variable
     msg.person.field2
     msg.person.field3

Assume that msg.person.field1 has value ‘AB’, msg.person.field2 is not present (no node) and msg.person.field3 has value ‘XY’. If I then echo the $xlateInVals inside the COPY, I will see this:

Code:

{AB XY}

Making me think that msg.person.field2 has the value ‘XY’.

In other words: if an XML field is not present, then it is not included in the $xlateInVals, where I would expect a {}.

Is this still the case in CL6.1? And is this considered a bug or a feature?

My quick and dirty solution is to put the field that may not be present (most of them are mandatory) at the end. In this example:

Code:

COPY  msg.person.field1  -> @variable
     msg.person.field3
     msg.person.field2

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