go encoding_error ai_generated true

xml: unknown attribute "foo"

ID: go/encoding-xml-unmarshal-unknown-attribute

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85%Fix Rate
83%Confidence
1Evidence
2024-02-28First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
go1.21 active
go1.22 active

Root Cause

The XML decoder encountered an attribute in the input that does not map to any field in the target struct.

generic

中文

XML 解码器在输入中遇到了一个未映射到目标结构体任何字段的属性。

Official Documentation

https://pkg.go.dev/encoding/xml#Unmarshal

Workarounds

  1. 95% success Add a field with the attribute tag: Foo string `xml:"foo,attr"` in the struct.
    Add a field with the attribute tag: Foo string `xml:"foo,attr"` in the struct.
  2. 70% success Use a custom unmarshaler or XMLDecoder with strict=false if using custom parser.
    Use a custom unmarshaler or XMLDecoder with strict=false if using custom parser.

中文步骤

  1. 在结构体中添加具有属性标签的字段:Foo string `xml:"foo,attr"`。
  2. 使用自定义反序列化器或设置 XMLDecoder 的 strict=false(如果使用自定义解析器)。

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Adding a field with xml:"foo,attr" but with wrong type 55% fail

    If the field type doesn't match the attribute value (e.g., int vs string), it still fails with type error.

  2. Ignoring the error and continuing 90% fail

    The unmarshal returns an error; ignoring it leads to incomplete or nil data.