Java

Find Direct Child with Specific Tag

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Demonstrates how to find a direct child having a specific tag.

The input XML, available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruit.xml, is this:

<root>
    <fruit color="red">apple</fruit>
    <fruit color="green">pear</fruit>
    <veg color="orange">carrot</veg>
    <meat animal="cow">beef</meat>
    <xyz>
        <fruit color="blue">blueberry</fruit>
        <veg color="green">broccoli</veg>
    </xyz>
    <fruit color="purple">grape</fruit>
    <cheese color="yellow">cheddar</cheese>
</root>

Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Xml;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        boolean success = false;

        Xml xml = new Xml();

        // The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruit.xml
        try {
            xml.loadXmlFile("qa_data/xml/fruit.xml");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Find the direct child node having the tag "meat", and
        // return a new instance of the XML object referencing the
        // child node, if found.
        Xml child = xml.findChild("meat");
        if (child == null) {
            System.out.println("No direct child having the tag \"meat\" was found.");
        } else {
            System.out.println("Content = " + child.getContent());
            child.close();
        }

        // The same can be accomplished without creating a new
        // XML object instance.  Instead, the FindChild2 method updates
        // the caller's internal reference to the found child, if successful.
        try {
            xml.findChild2("meat");
            success = true;
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            success = false;
        }
        if (success) {
            // Success!  The xml object now references the found child.
            System.out.println("Content = " + xml.getContent());
            // Restore the reference back to the parent.
            xml.getParent2();
        } else {
            System.out.println("No direct child having the tag \"meat\" was found.");
        }
    }
}