(Android™) Find Direct Child with Specific Tag

Demonstrates how to find a direct child having a specific tag.

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

<root>
    <fruit color="red">apple</fruit>
    <fruit color="green">pear</fruit>
    <veg color="orange">carrot</veg>
    <meat animal="cow">beef</meat>
    <xyz>
        <fruit color="blue">blueberry</fruit>
        <veg color="green">broccoli</veg>
    </xyz>
    <fruit color="purple">grape</fruit>
    <cheese color="yellow">cheddar</cheese>
</root>

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    CkXml xml = new CkXml();

    // The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruit.xml
    boolean success = xml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/xml/fruit.xml");
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, xml.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Find the direct child node having the tag "meat", and 
    // return a new instance of the XML object referencing the
    // child node, if found.
    CkXml child = xml.FindChild("meat");
    if (xml.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, "No direct child having the tag \"meat\" was found.");
        }
    else {
        Log.i(TAG, "Content = " + child.content());

        }

    // The same can be accomplished without creating a new 
    // XML object instance.  Instead, the FindChild2 method updates
    // the caller's internal reference to the found child, if successful.
    success = xml.FindChild2("meat");
    if (success == true) {
        // Success!  The xml object now references the found child.
        Log.i(TAG, "Content = " + xml.content());
        // Restore the reference back to the parent.
        success = xml.GetParent2();
        }
    else {
        Log.i(TAG, "No direct child having the tag \"meat\" was found.");
        }


  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}