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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>

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C
#include <C_CkXml.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkXml xml;
    HCkXml xSortRoot;
    BOOL bAscending;

    success = FALSE;

    xml = CkXml_Create();

    // The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort1.xml
    success = CkXml_LoadXmlFile(xml,"fruitSort1.xml");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkXml_lastErrorText(xml));
        CkXml_Dispose(xml);
        return;
    }

    // Sort the direct children under the "fruits" node by tag:
    xSortRoot = CkXml_FindChild(xml,"fruits");

    // Sort in ascending order.
    bAscending = TRUE;
    CkXml_SortByTag(xSortRoot,bAscending);

    // Show the result:
    printf("%s\n",CkXml_getXml(xml));

    // <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:
    success = CkXml_FindChild2(xSortRoot,"apple");

    CkXml_SortByTag(xSortRoot,bAscending);
    printf("%s\n",CkXml_getXml(xml));

    // <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>

    CkXml_Dispose(xSortRoot);


    CkXml_Dispose(xml);

    }