Java

Get XML Attribute Value by Path

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Demonstrates how to get an attribute value by path. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Xml;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // The XML used in this example contains the following:
        // This example will get the value of the "spay-neuter" attribute for each pig.

        // <pig-rescue>
        //   <herd name="Cathy">
        //     <species name="pot belly pig">
        //         <animal>
        //             <name>Molly II</name>
        //             <birth>February, 1998</birth>
        //             <in-date>January, 2000</in-date>
        //             <from>Middle Ave.</from>
        //             <gender spay-neuter="yes">F</gender>
        //             <info>Molly came from a place where an old, ill man had too many animals.
        //                       The animals were seldom fed and rats would eat the newborn piglets.
        //                       When Molly was found at one week old, she was the only piglet of
        //                       her siblings who did not get stepped on by a cow. She is a sweet,
        //                       friendly pig who likes to hang out on Cathy's porch on the lounge
        //                       pad.
        //             </info>
        //         </animal>
        //         <animal>
        //             <name>Nigel</name>
        //             <birth>June, 1991</birth>
        //             <in-date>August, 1991</in-date>
        //             <from>Breeder</from>
        //             <gender spay-neuter="no">M</gender>
        //             <info>
        //                  Nigel was the first pig and the reason for the rescue in the
        //                  first place. He is 13 now and doing well, but takes a number
        //                 of medications, as you can see below.
        //             </info>
        //         </animal>
        //     </species>
        //   </herd>
        // </pig-rescue>

        Xml xml = new Xml();
        xml.loadXmlFile("qa_data/xml/twoPigs.xml");

        // Use the ChilkatPath method to return the value of a particular attribute at a given path.
        // A path ending with "(attributeName)" will return the value for the given attribute.
        String path = "herd|species|animal[0]|gender|(spay-neuter)";
        String attrValue = xml.chilkatPath(path);
        System.out.println("1st pig spay-neuter: " + attrValue);

        path = "herd|species|animal[1]|gender|(spay-neuter)";
        attrValue = xml.chilkatPath(path);
        System.out.println("2nd pig spay-neuter: " + attrValue);

        // We could also do it like this:
        path = "herd|species|animal[i]|gender|(spay-neuter)";
        int i = 0;
        while (i < xml.numChildrenAt("herd|species")) {
            xml.setI(i);
            System.out.println("spay-neuter for pig number " + (i + 1) + ": " + xml.chilkatPath(path));
            i = i + 1;
        }
    }
}