Cannot coerce Array error while using map operator with XML data in mule 4?

Question

I am getting the following error while using the map operator:

org.mule.runtime.core.internal.message.ErrorBuilder$ErrorImplementation
{
  description="Cannot coerce Array (org.mule.weave.v2.model.values.ArrayValue$IteratorArrayValue@22af825a) to String
Trace:
  at main (Unknown), while writing Xml

Payload:

%dw 2.0
output application/xml
ns cc someUrl
---
    (vars.products*product map {
        cc #productDetails: {
            cc #productCategory: $.productCategory,
            cc #productName: $.productName,
            cc #productImageData: $.productImageData
        }
    })

Products:

[
product:{productCategory= "A", productName="name", productImageData=base64 string},
product:{productCategory= "B", productName="name2", productImageData=base64 string},
product:{productCategory= "C", productName="name3", productImageData=base64 string}
]

Please share what is the value of vars.products. The question should include enough information to reproduce the issue. — aled, Jun 30 '20 at 18:01

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 30 '20 at 20:52

There are no arrays in XML. I resolved that by using reduce() to concatenate the objects in the array. Also I added a root element, which is required in XML.

For simplicity, I just added products as a variable inside the script:

%dw 2.0
output application/xml
ns cc someUrl
var products=[
product:{productCategory: "A", productName:"name", productImageData:"base64 string"},
product:{productCategory: "B", productName:"name2", productImageData:"base64 string"},
product:{productCategory: "C", productName:"name3", productImageData:"base64 string"}
]

---
result: ( products.*product map {
        cc #productDetails: {
            cc #productCategory: $.productCategory,
            cc #productName: $.productName,
            cc #productImageData: $.productImageData
        }
    } ) reduce ((item, accumulator={}) -> item ++ accumulator )

Output:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<result>
  <cc:productDetails xmlns:cc="someUrl">
    <cc:productCategory>C</cc:productCategory>
    <cc:productName>name3</cc:productName>
    <cc:productImageData>base64 string</cc:productImageData>
  </cc:productDetails>
  <cc:productDetails xmlns:cc="someUrl">
    <cc:productCategory>B</cc:productCategory>
    <cc:productName>name2</cc:productName>
    <cc:productImageData>base64 string</cc:productImageData>
  </cc:productDetails>
  <cc:productDetails xmlns:cc="someUrl">
    <cc:productCategory>A</cc:productCategory>
    <cc:productName>name</cc:productName>
    <cc:productImageData>base64 string</cc:productImageData>
  </cc:productDetails>
</result>

Cannot coerce Array error while using map operator with XML data in mule 4?

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