[PIG-4762] XMLLoader issue when the parent and child tags starts with the same name(See Description).

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: piggybank
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Shylesh Monica
• Created: 15/Dec/15 19:31
• Updated: 24/Dec/15 09:16

Description

I'm having issues with loading the XML using Piggybank's XMLLoader.
The XML does not load correctly when the XML has a child element starting with the same name as the parent (See the Person tag and Person_ID tag).

<Person>
<FirstName>John</FirstName>
<MiddleName/>
<LastName>Lennon</LastName>
<Person_ID>JL</Person_ID>
<Address>
<Street1>1 New Street</Street1>
<Street2/>
<City>New town</City>
<State>New State</State>
<Zip>00001</Zip>
</Address>
</Person>

A = LOAD 'test.xml' USING org.apache.pig.piggybank.storage.XMLLoader ('Person') AS(x:chararray);
DUMP a;

OUTPUT
(<Person_ID/>)

However the XML loads correctly when the child tag doesn't start with the parent tag's name

<Person>
<FirstName>John</FirstName>
<MiddleName/>
<LastName>Lennon</LastName>
<ID_Person>JL</ID_Person>
<Address>
<Street1>1 New Street</Street1>
<Street2/>
<City>New town</City>
<State>New State</State>
<Zip>00001</Zip>
</Address>
</Person>

A = LOAD 'test.xml' USING org.apache.pig.piggybank.storage.XMLLoader ('Person') AS(x:chararray);
DUMP a;

OUTPUT

(<Person> <FirstName>John</FirstName> <MiddleName/> <LastName>Lennon</LastName> <ID_Person>JL<ID_Person/> <Address> <Street1>1 New Street</Street1> <Street2/> <City>New town</City> <State>New State</State> <Zip>00001</Zip> </Address> </Person>)