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XML SearchForTag Method

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Demonstrates the SearchForTag and SearchForTag2 methods.

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

<root>
    <searchRoot>
        <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>
    </searchRoot>
    <fruit color="red">strawberry</fruit>
    <fruit color="orange">peach</fruit>
</root>

AutoIt

Local $bSuccess = False

$oXml = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Xml")
Local $oXSearchRoot
Local $oXBeginAfter
Local $oXFound

; The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSearch.xml
$bSuccess = $oXml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/xml/fruitSearch.xml")
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oXml.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Search the sub-tree rooted at "searchRoot"
$oXSearchRoot = $oXml.FindChild("searchRoot")

; Search for all nodes having the tag "fruit"
$oXBeginAfter = $oXSearchRoot.GetSelf()
$oXFound = $oXSearchRoot.SearchForTag($oXSearchRoot,"fruit")
While ($oXSearchRoot.LastMethodSuccess = True)

    ConsoleWrite($oXFound.Content & @CRLF)

    $oXBeginAfter = $oXFound
    $oXFound = $oXSearchRoot.SearchForTag($oXBeginAfter,"fruit")
Wend

ConsoleWrite("--------------------------" & @CRLF)

; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Now do the same, but instead use SearchForTag2
; which updates the internal reference of the caller instead
; of returning the found node.
Local $oXSearch

$oXBeginAfter = $oXSearchRoot.GetSelf()
$oXSearch = $oXSearchRoot.GetSelf()

$bSuccess = $oXSearch.SearchForTag2($oXBeginAfter,"fruit")
While $bSuccess = True

    ConsoleWrite($oXSearch.Content & @CRLF)

    ; Copy the internal references so that the next search
    ; begins after the found node.
    $oXBeginAfter.CopyRef $oXSearch
    $oXSearch.CopyRef $oXSearchRoot

    $bSuccess = $oXSearch.SearchForTag2($oXBeginAfter,"fruit")
Wend