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ITIDA Create Canonical JSON

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Demonstrates creating the canonical (ITIDA) version of a JSON document. The document in the example is the one at https://sdk.invoicing.eta.gov.eg/files/one-doc.json

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.92 or greater.

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Dim success As Boolean
success = False

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.92 or greater.
// (In v9.5.0.92, the "itida" encoding was added to StringBuilder's Encode method.)
Dim sb As New Chilkat.StringBuilder

// This is the file at https://sdk.invoicing.eta.gov.eg/files/one-doc.json
success = sb.LoadFile("qa_data/itida/sdk.invoicing.eta.gov.eg/files/one-doc.json","utf-8")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog("Failed to load input file.")
    Return
End If

// Convert the contents of sb to the ITIDA canonical form.
// Always pass utf-8 for the 2nd arg.
success = sb.Encode("itida","utf-8")

Dim canonical As String
canonical = sb.GetAsString()

System.DebugLog(canonical)

// Output: 
// "SomeValue""DELIVERY""APPROACH""SomeValue""PACKAGING""SomeValue""DATEVALIDITY""2020-09-28T09:30:10Z"........."TOTALAMOUNT""5191.50""EXTRADISCOUNTAMOUNT""5.00""TOTALITEMSDISCOUNTAMOUNT""14.00"

// Let's verify we got the correct result.
Dim sbExpected As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = sbExpected.LoadFile("qa_data/itida/sdk.invoicing.eta.gov.eg/files/one-doc-serialized.json.txt","utf-8")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog("Failed to expected output file.")
    Return
End If

// Compare our computed canonical string with the expected result.
If (sb.ContentsEqualSb(sbExpected,True) = True) Then
    System.DebugLog("The computed canonical result is correct.")
Else
    System.DebugLog("The computed canonical result is NOT correct.")
End If