--- a/ChangeLog	Sun May 27 10:40:55 2012 +0000
+++ b/ChangeLog	Fri Jun 01 09:49:07 2012 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2012-06-01	Sascha L. Teichmann	<sascha.teichmann@intevation.de>
+
+	* artifacts-common/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifacts/common/utils/XMLUtils.java:
+	  Remove extra <map></map> from the XML generated by JSON lists containing only 
+	  objects.
+
 2012-05-27  Ingo Weinzierl <ingo@intevation.de>
 
 	Tagged trunk as '2.7'

--- a/artifacts-common/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifacts/common/utils/XMLUtils.java	Sun May 27 10:40:55 2012 +0000
+++ b/artifacts-common/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifacts/common/utils/XMLUtils.java	Fri Jun 01 09:49:07 2012 +0000
@@ -507,6 +507,14 @@
         void add(String key, Object value) {
             attributes.put(key, value != null ? value.toString() : "null");
         }
+
+        int numChildren() {
+            return children.size();
+        }
+
+        Node firstChild() {
+            return children.get(0);
+        }
     } // class BuildResult
 
     private static BuildResult recursiveBuild(
@@ -516,11 +524,16 @@
         BuildResult result = new BuildResult();
         for (Object entry: list) {
             if (entry instanceof Map) {
-                Element element = document.createElement("map");
                 BuildResult subResult = recursiveBuild(
                     (Map<String, Object>)entry, document);
-                subResult.finish(element);
-                result.add(element);
+                if (subResult.numChildren() == 1) {
+                    result.add(subResult.firstChild());
+                }
+                else {
+                    Element element = document.createElement("map");
+                    subResult.finish(element);
+                    result.add(element);
+                }
             }
             else if (entry instanceof List) {
                 Element element = document.createElement("list");