correct complex data xml parsing

djangorestframework/parsers.py

@@ -187,12 +187,11 @@ class XMLParser(BaseParser):
         `data` will simply be a string representing the body of the request.
         `files` will always be `None`.
         """
-        data = {}
         tree = ET.parse(stream)
         data = self._xml_convert(tree.getroot())
-        	
+
         return (data, None)
-		
+
     def _xml_convert(self, element):
         """
         convert the xml `element` into the corresponding python object 
@@ -203,19 +202,15 @@ class XMLParser(BaseParser):
         if len(children) == 0:
             return self._type_convert(element.text)
         else:
-            if element.tag == "resource":
+            # if the fist child tag is list-item means all children are list-item
+            if children[0].tag == "list-item":
                 data = []
                 for child in children:
-                    data.append(self._xml_convert(child))
+                    data.append(self._xml_convert(child))                       
             else:    
-                if children[0].tag == "resource":
-                    data = []
-                    for child in children:
-                       data.append(self._xml_convert(child))                       
-                else:    
-                    data = {}
-                    for child in children:
-                       data[child.tag] = self._xml_convert(child)
+                data = {}
+                for child in children:
+                    data[child.tag] = self._xml_convert(child)
 
             return data