C#

XML Sort by Content

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Demonstrates the SortByContent method.

The input XML, available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort2.xml, is this:

<root>
    <fruits>
        <apples>
            <apple>fuji</apple>
            <apple>gala</apple>
            <apple>granny smith</apple>
            <apple>honeycrisp</apple>
            <apple>mcintosh</apple>
        </apples>
        <fruit>banana</fruit>
        <fruit>blackberry</fruit>
        <fruit>blueberry</fruit>
        <fruit>orange</fruit>
        <fruit>pear</fruit>
    </fruits>
</root>

C#

bool success = false;

Chilkat.Xml xml = new Chilkat.Xml();
Chilkat.Xml xSortRoot = null;

//  The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort2.xml
success = xml.LoadXmlFile("fruitSort2.xml");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(xml.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

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

//  Sort in ascending order.
bool bAscending = true;
xSortRoot.SortByContent(bAscending);

//  Show the result:
Debug.WriteLine(xml.GetXml());

//  Note:  The "apples" node contains child nodes, but its 
//  text content is 0-length (empty).  Therefore, when sorting in
//  ascending order, it will be positioned before the direct
//  children containing non-empty content.

//  <root>
//      <fruits>
//          <apples>
//              <apple>granny smith</apple>
//              <apple>gala</apple>
//              <apple>fuji</apple>
//              <apple>mcintosh</apple>
//              <apple>honeycrisp</apple>
//          </apples>
//          <fruit>banana</fruit>
//          <fruit>blackberry</fruit>
//          <fruit>blueberry</fruit>
//          <fruit>orange</fruit>
//          <fruit>pear</fruit>
//      </fruits>
//  </root>

//  Sort the direct children under the "apples" node:
success = xSortRoot.FindChild2("apples");

xSortRoot.SortByContent(bAscending);
Debug.WriteLine(xml.GetXml());

//  <root>
//      <fruits>
//          <apples>
//              <apple>fuji</apple>
//              <apple>gala</apple>
//              <apple>granny smith</apple>
//              <apple>honeycrisp</apple>
//              <apple>mcintosh</apple>
//          </apples>
//          <fruit>banana</fruit>
//          <fruit>blackberry</fruit>
//          <fruit>blueberry</fruit>
//          <fruit>orange</fruit>
//          <fruit>pear</fruit>
//      </fruits>
//  </root>