C#

Traverse the XML Tree

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Demonstrates how to traverse all nodes in an XML tree.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.77 or greater.

C#

bool success = false;

//  Use the NextInTraversal2 method to traverse all nodes in the XML tree rooted at the caller.

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

success = xml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/xml/twoPigs.xml");

//  This is the XML traversed in this example:

//  <pig-rescue>
//    <herd name="Cathy">
//  	<species name="pot belly pig">
//  	    <animal>
//  	        <name>Molly II</name>
//  	        <birth>February, 1998</birth>
//  			<in-date>January, 2000</in-date>
//  			<from>Middle Ave.</from>
//  			<gender spay-neuter="yes">F</gender>
//  			<info>Molly came from a place where an old, ill man had too many animals.
//  	              	The animals were seldom fed and rats would eat the newborn piglets.
//  	             	 When Molly was found at one week old, she was the only piglet of 
//  	              	her siblings who did not get stepped on by a cow. She is a sweet, 
//  	              	friendly pig who likes to hang out on Cathy's porch on the lounge 
//  	              	pad.
//  			</info>
//  		</animal>
//  	    <animal>
//  			<name>Nigel</name>
//  			<birth>June, 1991</birth>
//  			<in-date>August, 1991</in-date>
//  			<from>Breeder</from>
//  			<gender spay-neuter="no">M</gender>
//  			<info>
//  			 	Nigel was the first pig and the reason for the rescue in the
//  			 	first place. He is 13 now and doing well, but takes a number 
//  				of medications, as you can see below.
//  			</info>
//  		</animal>		
//  	</species>
//    </herd>
//  </pig-rescue>

//  The sbState is an object used to keep track of the current state of the traversal.
Chilkat.StringBuilder sbState = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
while (xml.NextInTraversal2(sbState) != false) {

    Debug.WriteLine(xml.Tag);
    Debug.WriteLine(xml.TagPath);
    Debug.WriteLine("");

}

//  Produces the following output:

//  herd
//  herd
//  
//  species
//  herd|species
//  
//  animal
//  herd|species|animal[0]
//  
//  name
//  herd|species|animal[0]|name
//  
//  birth
//  herd|species|animal[0]|birth
//  
//  in-date
//  herd|species|animal[0]|in-date
//  
//  from
//  herd|species|animal[0]|from
//  
//  gender
//  herd|species|animal[0]|gender
//  
//  info
//  herd|species|animal[0]|info
//  
//  animal
//  herd|species|animal[1]
//  
//  name
//  herd|species|animal[1]|name
//  
//  birth
//  herd|species|animal[1]|birth
//  
//  in-date
//  herd|species|animal[1]|in-date
//  
//  from
//  herd|species|animal[1]|from
//  
//  gender
//  herd|species|animal[1]|gender
//  
//  info
//  herd|species|animal[1]|info
//