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Decorators

TypeSpec.Xml

@attribute

Specify that the target property should be encoded as an XML attribute instead of node.

@TypeSpec.Xml.attribute

Target

ModelProperty

Parameters

None

Examples

Default
model Blob {
id: string;
}
<Blob>
<id>abcdef</id>
</Blob>
With @attribute
model Blob {
@attribute id: string;
}
<Blob id="abcdef">
</Blob>

@name

Provide the name of the XML element or attribute. This means the same thing as @encodedName("application/xml", value)

@TypeSpec.Xml.name(name: valueof string)

Target

unknown

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
namevalueof stringThe name of the XML element or attribute

Examples

@name("XmlBook")
model Book {
@name("XmlId") id: string;
@encodedName("application/xml", "XmlName") name: string;
content: string;
}
<XmlBook>
<XmlId>string</XmlId>
<XmlName>string</XmlName>
<content>string</content>
</XmlBook>

@ns

Specify the XML namespace for this element. It can be used in 2 different ways:

  1. @ns("http://www.example.com/namespace", "ns1") - specify both namespace and prefix
  2. @Xml.ns(Namespaces.ns1) - pass a member of an enum decorated with @nsDeclaration
@TypeSpec.Xml.ns(ns: string | EnumMember, prefix?: valueof string)

Target

unknown

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
nsstring | EnumMemberThe namespace URI or a member of an enum decorated with @nsDeclaration.
prefixvalueof stringThe namespace prefix. Required if the namespace parameter was passed as a string.

Examples

With strings
@ns("https://example.com/ns1", "ns1")
model Foo {
@ns("https://example.com/ns1", "ns1")
bar: string;
@ns("https://example.com/ns2", "ns2")
bar: string;
}
With enum
@Xml.nsDeclarations
enum Namespaces {
ns1: "https://example.com/ns1",
ns2: "https://example.com/ns2",
}
@Xml.ns(Namespaces.ns1)
model Foo {
@Xml.ns(Namespaces.ns1)
bar: string;
@Xml.ns(Namespaces.ns2)
bar: string;
}

@nsDeclarations

Mark an enum as declaring XML namespaces. See @ns

@TypeSpec.Xml.nsDeclarations

Target

Enum

Parameters

None

@unwrapped

Specify that the target property shouldn’t create a wrapper node. This can be used to flatten list nodes into the model node or to include raw text in the model node. It cannot be used with @attribute.

@TypeSpec.Xml.unwrapped

Target

ModelProperty

Parameters

None

Examples

Array property default
model Pet {
tags: Tag[];
}
<XmlPet>
<ItemsTags>
<XmlTag>
<name>string</name>
</XmlTag>
</ItemsTags>
</XmlPet>
Array property with @unwrapped
model Pet {
@unwrapped tags: Tag[];
}
<XmlPet>
<XmlTag>
<name>string</name>
</XmlTag>
</XmlPet>
String property default
model BlobName {
content: string;
}
<BlobName>
<content>
abcdef
</content>
</BlobName>
Array property with @unwrapped
model BlobName {
@unwrapped content: string;
}
<BlobName>
abcdef
</BlobName>