Android Question XML2MAP and lists of maps

[yo3ggx]

Hello,

Let's consider the following simple xml file as xmlstring.

<main>
    <device>
        <memory>
            <param1>123456</param1>
            <param2>654321</param2>
        </memory>
        <memory>
            <param1>45678</param1>
            <param2>87654</param2>
        </memory>
    </device>
</main>

I'm using the following code to extract memories parameters in a list.

Dim xm as XML2MAP
xm.Initialize
Dim Parsed as Map = xm.Parse(xmlstring)
Dim mapdev as Map = Parsed.get("device")
Dim lstmems as List = mapdev.get("memory")

So I get in lstmems a list of maps with 2 maps.
Unfortunately sometimes can be a single memory definition in the xml file, so the returned value from Dim lstmems as List = mapdev.get("memory") is a map instead of a list.
There is a better way to deal with this than using Try .. Catch to capture the error and then to get a map instead of a list?

Thank you.

 

[Erel]

Check the "common pitfalls" for a solution: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/b4x-xml2map-simple-way-to-parse-xml-documents.74848/

 

[yo3ggx]

How did I miss it when I looked in that thread....