xml2json not working when the xml has any other extension

[therazor]

Example:

grunt.initConfig({
  convert: {
    options: {
      explicitArray: false,
    },
    xml2json: {
      src: test/fixtures/xml2json.XYZ,
      dest: 'tmp/result/xml2json.json'
    }
  }
});

Changing the extension of the file works as intended.

[doowb]

We look at the file extension to determine what we need to convert from.

[jonschlinkert]

We look at the file extension to determine what we need to convert from.

@erethnor since you used XYZ in your example, was there a real use case that you had a problem with, or was this just experimental? If it's a real use case, can you share more information on what kind of file and extension the plugin should be recognizing?

[therazor]

@jonschlinkert I have an actual use case: .xmp files. Apart from the extension, they are just XML.

I could suggest 2 solutions:

• perform file extension check
• use MIME sniffing if that fails

or

• make input/output formats explicitly settable
• perform file extension check if unavailable

I'd prefer solution 1 personally, as it'd be the least likely to break anything. What do you think?

[aholla]

I too found this. I would like to convert ".fnt" files which are actually xml files. Thanks.

[jonschlinkert]

thanks @hariadi!

[aholla]

I just gave this a go and it seems to be working but if is only converting the first file. All the other files are renamed but not actually converted:

convert: {
        options: {
          explicitArray: false,
          type: 'xml'
        },
        xml2json: {
            files: [
              {
                expand: true,
                cwd:    '<%= deployPath %>/assets/',
                src:    [ '**/*.xml', '**/*.fnt', '**/*.pex' ],
                dest:   '<%= deployPath %>/assets/',
                ext:    '.json'
              }
            ]
        },
    },

I currently have three ".fnt" files. All are duplicated and named ".json" but only the first file has actually been converted into json.

Am I doing something wrong?