Stream: implementers
Topic: Complex Extensions w/ JSON Arrays
Ken Sinn (Nov 27 2018 at 19:35):
Looking at extensibility definitions, it looks like a Complex Extension w/ a repeating element would have a JSON representation of repeating URL+Value[x] pairs, rather than a URL and an Array of Values. Is that correct?
For example, is there any way to support the following format?
"extension":
[
"url":"[baseurl]/extension/value-plus-array",
"extension": [{
"url": "first-element",
"valueString": "ListName"
},
{
"url":"array-of-values",
"valueString": [ "value1", "value2", "value3"]
}]
]
(as opposed to the following, which I believe is the "proper way to encode it)
"extension":
[
"url":"[baseurl]/extension/value-plus-array",
"extension": [{
"url": "first-element",
"valueString": "ListName"
},
{
"url":"array-of-values",
"valueString": "value1"
},
{
"url":"array-of-values",
"valueString": "value2"
},
{
"url":"array-of-values",
"valueString": "value3"
}]
]
Lloyd McKenzie (Nov 27 2018 at 19:42):
There is no way to have a repeating list of values. value is a polymorphic element and repeating polymorphic elements cause grief
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