parseKml() error - parsing

Question

I have noticed that parseKml() function does not parse KML file correctly. For example, if you have this bit of KML:
<ExtendedData>
<Data name="Offer">
<value>Apples</value>
<value>Potatoes</value>
<value>Tomatoes</value>
</Data>
</ExtendedData>
The parseKml() function will return a kmlObject that will contain only the last value, i.e. "Tomatoes":
Does anyone have a solution for this?

Answer 1

The structure for the type of extended data you are using is for name/value pairs. i.e. a single name with a single value.
<ExtendedData>
<Data name="string">
<displayName>...</displayName> <!-- string -->
<value>...</value> <!-- string -->
</Data>
</ExtendedData>
So what you are trying will not work. If you wish to add an arbitrary XML Data structure to a KML Feature then you would do it like this.
<ExtendedData xmlns:offer="http://yourserver.com/namespace">
<offer:item>Apples</offer:item>
<offer:item>Potatoes</offer:item>
<offer:item>Tomatoes</offer:item>
</ExtendedData>
Based on the data structure, the 'offer' XML Schema file (http://yourserver.com/namespace) would be something like.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<xsd:schema attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified" version="1.0" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xsd:element name="item" type="xsd:string" />
</xsd:schema>

Answer 2

I believe the <Data> element can only contain a single <value> - according to the docs, the "<Data> element allows you to add untyped name/value pairs to the user data associated with a given Feature."
So in your case, it's picking up the last <value> element only. You might find another way to add your custom data here: https://developers.google.com/kml/documentation/extendeddata