Java

XML Sort by Tag

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Demonstrates the SortByTag method.

The input XML, available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort1.xml, is this:

<root>
    <fruits>
        <apple>
            <fuji>blah</fuji>
            <gala>blah</gala>
            <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
            <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
            <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
        </apple>
        <banana>blah</banana>
        <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
        <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
        <orange>blah</orange>
        <pear>blah</pear>
    </fruits>
</root>

Chilkat2 Java

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

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Xml xml = new Xml();

        // The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort1.xml
        try {
            xml.loadXmlFile("fruitSort1.xml");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Sort the direct children under the "fruits" node by tag:
        Xml xSortRoot = xml.findChild("fruits");

        // Sort in ascending order.
        boolean bAscending = true;
        xSortRoot.sortByTag(bAscending);

        // Show the result:
        System.out.println(xml.getXml());

        // <root>
        //     <fruits>
        //         <apple>
        //             <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
        //             <gala>blah</gala>
        //             <fuji>blah</fuji>
        //             <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
        //             <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
        //         </apple>
        //         <banana>blah</banana>
        //         <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
        //         <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
        //         <orange>blah</orange>
        //         <pear>blah</pear>
        //     </fruits>
        // </root>

        // Sort the direct children under the "apple" node:
        xSortRoot.findChild2("apple");

        xSortRoot.sortByTag(bAscending);
        System.out.println(xml.getXml());

        // <root>
        //     <fruits>
        //         <apple>
        //             <fuji>blah</fuji>
        //             <gala>blah</gala>
        //             <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
        //             <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
        //             <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
        //         </apple>
        //         <banana>blah</banana>
        //         <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
        //         <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
        //         <orange>blah</orange>
        //         <pear>blah</pear>
        //     </fruits>
        // </root>

        xSortRoot.close();
    }
}