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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>

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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);

    boolean success = false;

    CkXml xml = new CkXml();
    CkXml xSortRoot;

    // The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort2.xml
    success = xml.LoadXmlFile("fruitSort2.xml");
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, xml.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

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

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

    // Show the result:
    Log.i(TAG, 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);
    Log.i(TAG, 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>


  }

  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."
  }
}