B4X

XML Sort by Tag

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Demonstrates the SortByTag method.

The input XML, available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort1.xml, is this:

<root>
    <fruits>
        <apple>
            <fuji>blah</fuji>
            <gala>blah</gala>
            <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
            <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
            <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
        </apple>
        <banana>blah</banana>
        <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
        <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
        <orange>blah</orange>
        <pear>blah</pear>
    </fruits>
</root>

B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

Dim xml As ChilkatXml
xml.Initialize
Dim xSortRoot As ChilkatXml

'  The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort1.xml
success = xml.LoadXmlFile("fruitSort1.xml")
If success <> True Then
    Log(xml.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


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

'  Sort in ascending order.
Dim bAscending As Boolean = True
xSortRoot.SortByTag(bAscending)

'  Show the result:
Log(xml.GetXml)

'  <root>
'      <fruits>
'          <apple>
'              <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
'              <gala>blah</gala>
'              <fuji>blah</fuji>
'              <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
'              <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
'          </apple>
'          <banana>blah</banana>
'          <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
'          <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
'          <orange>blah</orange>
'          <pear>blah</pear>
'      </fruits>
'  </root>

'  Sort the direct children under the "apple" node:
success = xSortRoot.FindChild2("apple")

xSortRoot.SortByTag(bAscending)
Log(xml.GetXml)

'  <root>
'      <fruits>
'          <apple>
'              <fuji>blah</fuji>
'              <gala>blah</gala>
'              <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
'              <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
'              <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
'          </apple>
'          <banana>blah</banana>
'          <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
'          <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
'          <orange>blah</orange>
'          <pear>blah</pear>
'      </fruits>
'  </root>