# PLJSON_XML

## Package Specification

```sql
package pljson_xml as
  /*
  Copyright (c) 2010 Jonas Krogsboell

  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
  all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
  THE SOFTWARE.
  */

  /*
  declare
    obj json := json('{a:1, b:[2, 3, 4], c:true}');
    x xmltype;
  begin
    obj.print;
    x := json_xml.json_to_xml(obj);
    dbms_output.put_line(x.getclobval());
  end;
  */

  function json_to_xml(obj pljson, tagname varchar2 default 'root') return xmltype;

end pljson_xml;```

## Package Body

```sql
package body pljson_xml as

  function escapeStr(str varchar2) return varchar2 as
    buf varchar2(32767) := '';
    ch varchar2(4);
  begin
    for i in 1 .. length(str) loop
      ch := substr(str, i, 1);
      case ch
      when '&' then buf := buf || '&';
      when '<' then buf := buf || '&lt;';
      when '>' then buf := buf || '&gt;';
      when '"' then buf := buf || '&quot;';
      else buf := buf || ch;
      end case;
    end loop;
    return buf;
  end escapeStr;

/* Clob methods from printer */
  procedure add_to_clob(buf_lob in out nocopy clob, buf_str in out nocopy varchar2, str varchar2) as
  begin
    -- if (length(str) > 5000 - length(buf_str)) then
    if (lengthb(str) > 32767 - lengthb(buf_str)) then
      dbms_lob.append(buf_lob, buf_str);
      buf_str := str;
    else
      buf_str := buf_str || str;
    end if;
  end add_to_clob;

  procedure flush_clob(buf_lob in out nocopy clob, buf_str in out nocopy varchar2) as
  begin
    dbms_lob.append(buf_lob, buf_str);
  end flush_clob;

  procedure toString(obj pljson_element, tagname in varchar2, xmlstr in out nocopy clob, xmlbuf in out nocopy varchar2) as
    v_obj pljson;
    v_list pljson_list;

    v_keys pljson_list;
    v_value pljson_element;
    key_str varchar2(4000);
  begin
    if (obj.is_object()) then
      add_to_clob(xmlstr, xmlbuf, '<' || tagname || '>');
      v_obj := pljson(obj);

      v_keys := v_obj.get_keys();
      for i in 1 .. v_keys.count loop
        v_value := v_obj.get(i);
        key_str := v_keys.get(i).get_string();

        if (key_str = 'content') then
          if (v_value.is_array()) then
            declare
              v_l pljson_list := pljson_list(v_value);
            begin
              for j in 1 .. v_l.count loop
                if (j > 1) then add_to_clob(xmlstr, xmlbuf, chr(13)||chr(10)); end if;
                add_to_clob(xmlstr, xmlbuf, escapeStr(v_l.get(j).to_char()));
              end loop;
            end;
          else
            add_to_clob(xmlstr, xmlbuf, escapeStr(v_value.to_char()));
          end if;
        elsif (v_value.is_array()) then
          declare
            v_l pljson_list := pljson_list(v_value);
          begin
            for j in 1 .. v_l.count loop
              v_value := v_l.get(j);
              if (v_value.is_array()) then
                add_to_clob(xmlstr, xmlbuf, '<' || key_str || '>');
                add_to_clob(xmlstr, xmlbuf, escapeStr(v_value.to_char()));
                add_to_clob(xmlstr, xmlbuf, '</' || key_str || '>');
              else
                toString(v_value, key_str, xmlstr, xmlbuf);
              end if;
            end loop;
          end;
        elsif (v_value.is_null() or (v_value.is_string() and v_value.get_string() = '')) then
          add_to_clob(xmlstr, xmlbuf, '<' || key_str || '/>');
        else
          toString(v_value, key_str, xmlstr, xmlbuf);
        end if;
      end loop;

      add_to_clob(xmlstr, xmlbuf, '</' || tagname || '>');
    elsif (obj.is_array()) then
      v_list := pljson_list(obj);
      for i in 1 .. v_list.count loop
        v_value := v_list.get(i);
        toString(v_value, nvl(tagname, 'array'), xmlstr, xmlbuf);
      end loop;
    else
      add_to_clob(xmlstr, xmlbuf, '<' || tagname || '>'||case when obj.value_of() is  not null then escapeStr(obj.value_of()) end ||'</' || tagname || '>');
    end if;
  end toString;

  function json_to_xml(obj pljson, tagname varchar2 default 'root') return xmltype as
    xmlstr clob := empty_clob();
    xmlbuf varchar2(32767) := '';
    returnValue xmltype;
  begin
    dbms_lob.createtemporary(xmlstr, true);

    toString(obj, tagname, xmlstr, xmlbuf);

    flush_clob(xmlstr, xmlbuf);
    returnValue := xmltype('<?xml version="1.0"?>'||xmlstr);
    dbms_lob.freetemporary(xmlstr);
    return returnValue;
  end;

end pljson_xml;```