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Ralf Handl updated ODATA-879:
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Fix Version/s: V4.01_CSD02
(was: V4.01_WD01)
> Support Arrays of Arrays
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>
> Key: ODATA-879
> URL: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/ODATA-879
> Project: OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData) TC
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: OData CSDL, OData JSON Format
> Affects Versions: V4.0_ERRATA02
> Environment: Proposal needed for CSD01
> Reporter: Michael Pizzo
> Assignee: Michael Pizzo
> Fix For: V4.01_CSD02
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> There are scenarios where it's convenient to represent something as an array of arrays. In JSON this would look as:
> [["foo1","bar1"],["foo2","bar2"]]
> or
> [[{"foo":"foo1"},{"bar":"bar1"}],[{"foo":"foo2"},{"bar":"bar2"}]]
> Currently services must represent these as arrays of complex types that have array properties. In JSON, the result looks like:
> [{"value":["foo1","bar1"]},{"value":["foo2","bar2"]}]
> or
> [{"value":[{"foo":"foo1"},{"bar":"bar1"}]},{"value":[{"foo":"foo2"},{"bar":"bar2"}]}]
> If we are trying to make JSON representation as close as possible to a custom representation we would need to support the former syntax (without the "value" objects).
> One problem with arrays of arrays in JSON is that we don't have a way to annotate the (array) items within the array. For example, we couldn't add count, nextLink, etc. for the inner arrays..
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