Kotlin 1.2.21 + SimpleXml 2.3.0 - consume List error (must mark set get method)

Question

I\'m trying to consume XML using SimpleXML by Retrofit 2. After hours of struggling with Kotlin I decided to try Java version and the convert then to Kotlin. And Java versio

Answer 1

Try to add @field to your annotation @Element*. And you may move properties to constructor and also you could add data modifier to your classes. Like this:

@Root(name = "feed", strict = false)
data class Feed(
        @field:ElementList(name = "entry", inline = true)
        var entriesList: List<Entry>? = null
)

@Root(name = "entry", strict = true)
data class Entry(
        @field:Element(name = "id")
        var id: String? = null,

        @field:Element(name = "published")
        var published: String? = null
)

With this I had successfully deserialise xml:

import org.simpleframework.xml.Element
import org.simpleframework.xml.ElementList
import org.simpleframework.xml.Root
import org.simpleframework.xml.core.Persister

private val testXml = """
<feed>
   <entry>
        <id> someid </id>
        <published> somedate </published>
   </entry>

   <entry>
        <id> someid2 </id>
        <published> somedate2 </published>
   </entry>
</feed>
""".trimIndent()

@Root(name = "feed", strict = false)
data class Feed(
        @field:ElementList(name = "entry", inline = true)
        var entriesList: List<Entry>? = null
)

@Root(name = "entry", strict = true)
data class Entry(
        @field:Element(name = "id")
        var id: String? = null,

        @field:Element(name = "published")
        var published: String? = null
)

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
    println(testXml)

    val serializer = Persister()

    val example = serializer.read(Feed::class.java, testXml)

    println(example)
}