(MFC) Methods for Getting Attributes

Demonstrates some methods for getting attribute name/values.

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

<root>
    <car color="black" make="mercedes" model="C350" hp="302" engine="v6" type="sedan">Mercedes Benz C350</car>
</root>

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkXml.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

    CkXml xml;
    CkXml *carNode = 0;
    int numAttr;
    int horsepower;
    int i;

    bool success;
    // The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/car.xml
    success = xml.LoadXmlFile("car.xml");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(xml.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Navigate to the "car" node, which is the 1st child:
    carNode = xml.FirstChild();

    // Get the value of the "model" attribute:
    strOut.append("model = ");
    strOut.append(carNode->getAttrValue("model"));
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Get the value of the "hp" attribute as an integer:
    horsepower = carNode->GetAttrValueInt("hp");
    strOut.append("horsepower = ");
    strOut.appendInt(horsepower);
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Iterate over the attributes and show the name/value of each:
    numAttr = carNode->get_NumAttributes();

    i = 0;
    while (i < numAttr) {
        strOut.append(carNode->getAttributeName(i));
        strOut.append(": ");
        strOut.append(carNode->getAttributeValue(i));
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        i = i + 1;
    }

    delete carNode;


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }