From 114f42f528e6d5e587bf69501e0cfa2bc296fbe8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Gerber
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:56:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] adapter: Allow optional contentType in Blob and File
Currently, the JSON and XMOL deserializiers raise an error when parsing Blob or File submodels that do not include a contentType
The contentType attribute has a cardinality of 0..1 for both classes and should therefore be optional.
The implementation now aligns with this specification and defaults to None if the field is absent in the data.
---
sdk/basyx/aas/adapter/json/json_deserialization.py | 6 ++++--
sdk/basyx/aas/adapter/xml/xml_deserialization.py | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sdk/basyx/aas/adapter/json/json_deserialization.py b/sdk/basyx/aas/adapter/json/json_deserialization.py
index 79db2a56..1d68d277 100644
--- a/sdk/basyx/aas/adapter/json/json_deserialization.py
+++ b/sdk/basyx/aas/adapter/json/json_deserialization.py
@@ -692,8 +692,9 @@ def _construct_submodel_element_list(cls, dct: Dict[str, object], object_class=m
@classmethod
def _construct_blob(cls, dct: Dict[str, object], object_class=model.Blob) -> model.Blob:
+ content_type = _get_ts(dct, "contentType", str) if 'contentType' in dct else None
ret = object_class(id_short=None,
- content_type=_get_ts(dct, "contentType", str))
+ content_type=content_type)
cls._amend_abstract_attributes(ret, dct)
if 'value' in dct:
ret.value = base64.b64decode(_get_ts(dct, 'value', str))
@@ -701,9 +702,10 @@ def _construct_blob(cls, dct: Dict[str, object], object_class=model.Blob) -> mod
@classmethod
def _construct_file(cls, dct: Dict[str, object], object_class=model.File) -> model.File:
+ content_type = _get_ts(dct, "contentType", str) if 'contentType' in dct else None
ret = object_class(id_short=None,
value=None,
- content_type=_get_ts(dct, "contentType", str))
+ content_type=content_type)
cls._amend_abstract_attributes(ret, dct)
if 'value' in dct and dct['value'] is not None:
ret.value = _get_ts(dct, 'value', str)
diff --git a/sdk/basyx/aas/adapter/xml/xml_deserialization.py b/sdk/basyx/aas/adapter/xml/xml_deserialization.py
index 2330b9af..e927addd 100644
--- a/sdk/basyx/aas/adapter/xml/xml_deserialization.py
+++ b/sdk/basyx/aas/adapter/xml/xml_deserialization.py
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ def construct_basic_event_element(cls, element: etree._Element, object_class=mod
def construct_blob(cls, element: etree._Element, object_class=model.Blob, **_kwargs: Any) -> model.Blob:
blob = object_class(
None,
- _child_text_mandatory(element, NS_AAS + "contentType")
+ _get_text_or_none(element.find(NS_AAS + "contentType"))
)
value = _get_text_or_none(element.find(NS_AAS + "value"))
if value is not None:
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ def construct_entity(cls, element: etree._Element, object_class=model.Entity, **
def construct_file(cls, element: etree._Element, object_class=model.File, **_kwargs: Any) -> model.File:
file = object_class(
None,
- _child_text_mandatory(element, NS_AAS + "contentType")
+ _get_text_or_none(element.find(NS_AAS + "contentType"))
)
value = _get_text_or_none(element.find(NS_AAS + "value"))
if value is not None: