When the REST API returns a series of objects in XML, it encloses the list in the root tag, as follows:
<root>
<return object 1>
<attribute1>value1</attribute1>
<attribute2>value2</attribute2>
</return object 1>
<return object 2>
<attribute1>value1</attribute1>
<attribute2>value2</attribute2>
</return object 2>
</root>
In JSON, no additional attributes are used. The REST API encloses the list in square brackets ( [ ] ), as follows:
[
{
"<attribute1>": "<value1>",
"<attribute2>": "<value2>",
}{
"<attribute1>": "<value1>",
"<attribute2>": "<value2>",
}