Problem with XML dataSource and inline editing

[Richard]

I have a DataSource object that uses a schema model to extract the pertinent info out of an XML document:

var dataSource1 = new kendo.data.DataSource ({

transport: {

    read:

        { cache: false, url: crud, data: { action: 'list' }, error: successCheck },

    update:

        { cache: false, url: crud, data: { action: 'update' }, success: successCheck },

    destroy:

        { cache: false, url: crud, data: { action: 'delete' }, success: successCheck },

    create:

        { cache: false, url: crud, data: { action: 'create' }, success: successCheck }

},

schema: {

        type: 'xml',

        data: '/TABLE/THINGS',

        model: {

            id: "thingid",

            fields: {

                thingid:    { editable:false, field: "id/text()" },

                name:       { editable:true,  field: "name/text()" },

                timestamp:  { editable:false, field: "timestamp/text()"  }

            }

        }

    }

}


The grid is 

$("#thingList").kendoGrid({

    dataSource: dataSource1,

    pageable: true,

    toolbar: [

        {   name:"create", text:"New Thing", id:"add"}],

    columns: [

        {   field: "name", title: "Name", template: "<a class='viewlink' href='viewthing?id=${thingid}'>${name}</a>" },

        {   field: "timestamp", title: "Created", width: "12em" },

        {   command: [ {name:"edit",text:"Rename"}, "destroy"], title:" ", width:"15.5em"} ],

    editable: "inline"

});

When I click on "New Thing" a new empty row does not appear in the table, and the html developer console shows 
Uncaught ReferenceError: timestamp is not defined 


The apparent issue is that kendo.data.xml loads up data records with this statement
record[field] = modelInstance._parse(field, model.fields[field].field(value)); 
In other words, the field property of a models fields is expected to be a function

and when kendoGrid handles "New Thing" it calls addRow which makes a default row via dataSource.insert, which in turn relies on a new instance of the xml reader model, which in turn relies on properly defined defaults.

Unfortunately the Model.define function uses the field property of a models fields as a key for associating with a default value

name = field.field || name;

if (!field.nullable) {

value = proto.defaults[name] = field.defaultValue !== undefined ? field.defaultValue : defaultValues[type.toLowerCase()];

}

In the case of XML, name is an anonymous function because field.field is taking precedence over name.

A guess is that Model.define should contain this: 
name = typeof(field.field)=='string' ? field.field : name; 

[Atanas Korchev]

Hello Richard,

 Thank you for reporting this problem. I have landed a fix which should appear with the next official release. If you need this earlier please open a support ticket and I will send it to you.

All the best,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team