1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/design/persistence/XMLHandler.java b/src/main/java/design/persistence/XMLHandler.java
index 174407a..706dabd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/design/persistence/XMLHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/design/persistence/XMLHandler.java
@@ -18,19 +18,32 @@ public class XMLHandler implements DataHandler
     private final XmlMapper xmlMapper = new XmlMapper();
 
     public void exportPersonalData(File file) throws IOException {
-        // get our json data
+        // get our json data just from the JSON database
         File jsonData = JSONPersonalDatabase.instance().exportData(file);
-        // read the top tree node (the array)
+
+        // read the the data from the JSON, as a JsonNode.
         JsonNode golfersNode = jsonMapper.readTree(jsonData);
-        // map it to an object node
-        xmlMapper.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValue(file, golfersNode);
+
+        // XML requires a parent node, we can't just throw the golfersnode into the xml or else it will only produce the first element
+        ObjectNode root = xmlMapper.createObjectNode();
+        root.set("golfer", golfersNode);
+        
+        //write to the xml file.
+        xmlMapper.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValue(file, root);
     }
 
     public void importPersonalData(File file) throws IOException {
+        
+        // read our root, the object node
         JsonNode root = xmlMapper.readTree(file); 
 
+        // debug print line
         System.out.println(root.toPrettyString());
+
+        // !!! here is where it's failing...our root is not serializable to an array of golfers. !!!
         Golfer[] golfers = xmlMapper.treeToValue(root, Golfer[].class); 
+
+        // from here out should be good
         File tempJson = File.createTempFile("imported", ".json"); 
         jsonMapper.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValue(tempJson, golfers); 
         JSONPersonalDatabase.instance().importData(tempJson);