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JSON FindRecord Example

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Demonstrates the FindRecord method for searching an array of JSON records. The data used in this example is available at JSON sample data for FindRecord.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.

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import 'package:chilkat/chilkat.dart';

void main() {
  // Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.
  final json = CkJsonObject();

  json.loadFile('qa_data/json/qb_accounts.json');

  // A sample of the content of qb_accounts.json is shown at the bottom of this example.
  // The goal is to search the array of Account records to return the 1st match

  // Find the account with the name "Advertising"
  final arrayPath = 'QueryResponse.Account';
  var relativePath = 'Name';
  var value = 'Advertising';
  var caseSensitive = true;

  CkJsonObject accountRec;
  try {
    accountRec = json.findRecord(arrayPath, relativePath, value, caseSensitive);
  } on ChilkatException {
    print('Record not found.');
    return;
  }

  // The accountRec should contain this:

  //       {
  //         "Name": "Advertising",
  //         "SubAccount": false,
  //         "FullyQualifiedName": "Advertising",
  //         "Active": true,
  //         "Classification": "Expense",
  //         "AccountType": "Expense",
  //         "AccountSubType": "AdvertisingPromotional",
  //         "CurrentBalance": 0,
  //         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
  //         "CurrencyRef": {
  //           "value": "USD",
  //           "name": "United States Dollar"
  //         },
  //         "domain": "QBO",
  //         "sparse": false,
  //         "Id": "7",
  //         "SyncToken": "0",
  //         "MetaData": {
  //           "CreateTime": "2016-09-09T14:42:07-07:00",
  //           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-09T14:42:07-07:00"
  //         }
  //       }

  print('FullyQualifiedName: ${accountRec.stringOf('FullyQualifiedName')}');
  print('AccountType: ${accountRec.stringOf('AccountType')}');
  print('AccountSubType: ${accountRec.stringOf('AccountSubType')}');
  print('----');

  // ------------------------------------------------------------------
  // Find the first account where the currency is USD
  relativePath = 'CurrencyRef.value';
  value = 'USD';
  caseSensitive = true;

  try {
    accountRec = json.findRecord(arrayPath, relativePath, value, caseSensitive);
  } on ChilkatException {
    print('Record not found.');
    return;
  }

  print('Name: ${accountRec.stringOf('Name')}');
  print('CurrencyRef.name: ${accountRec.stringOf('CurrencyRef.name')}');
  print('----');

  // ------------------------------------------------------------------
  // Find the first account with "receivable" in the name (case insensitive)
  relativePath = 'Name';
  value = '*receivable*';
  caseSensitive = false;

  try {
    accountRec = json.findRecord(arrayPath, relativePath, value, caseSensitive);
  } on ChilkatException {
    print('Record not found.');
    return;
  }

  print('Name: ${accountRec.stringOf('Name')}');
  print('----');

  // -----------------------------------------------------------------
  // qb_accounts.json contains this data
  // 
  // {
  //   "QueryResponse": {
  //     "Account": [
  //       {
  //         "Name": "Accounts Payable (A/P)",
  //         "SubAccount": false,
  //         "Description": "Description added during update.",
  //         "FullyQualifiedName": "Accounts Payable (A/P)",
  //         "Active": true,
  //         "Classification": "Liability",
  //         "AccountType": "Accounts Payable",
  //         "AccountSubType": "AccountsPayable",
  //         "CurrentBalance": -1602.67,
  //         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": -1602.67,
  //         "CurrencyRef": {
  //           "value": "USD",
  //           "name": "United States Dollar"
  //         },
  //         "domain": "QBO",
  //         "sparse": false,
  //         "Id": "33",
  //         "SyncToken": "1",
  //         "MetaData": {
  //           "CreateTime": "2016-09-10T10:12:02-07:00",
  //           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-24T16:41:39-07:00"
  //         }
  //       },
  //       {
  //         "Name": "Accounts Receivable (A/R)",
  //         "SubAccount": false,
  //         "FullyQualifiedName": "Accounts Receivable (A/R)",
  //         "Active": true,
  //         "Classification": "Asset",
  //         "AccountType": "Accounts Receivable",
  //         "AccountSubType": "AccountsReceivable",
  //         "CurrentBalance": 5281.52,
  //         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 5281.52,
  //         "CurrencyRef": {
  //           "value": "USD",
  //           "name": "United States Dollar"
  //         },
  //         "domain": "QBO",
  //         "sparse": false,
  //         "Id": "84",
  //         "SyncToken": "0",
  //         "MetaData": {
  //           "CreateTime": "2016-09-14T14:49:29-07:00",
  //           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-17T13:16:17-07:00"
  //         }
  //       },
  //       {
  //         "Name": "Advertising",
  //         "SubAccount": false,
  //         "FullyQualifiedName": "Advertising",
  //         "Active": true,
  //         "Classification": "Expense",
  //         "AccountType": "Expense",
  //         "AccountSubType": "AdvertisingPromotional",
  //         "CurrentBalance": 0,
  //         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
  //         "CurrencyRef": {
  //           "value": "USD",
  //           "name": "United States Dollar"
  //         },
  //         "domain": "QBO",
  //         "sparse": false,
  //         "Id": "7",
  //         "SyncToken": "0",
  //         "MetaData": {
  //           "CreateTime": "2016-09-09T14:42:07-07:00",
  //           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-09T14:42:07-07:00"
  //         }
  //       },
  //       {
  //         "Name": "Arizona Dept. of Revenue Payable",
  //         "SubAccount": false,
  //         "FullyQualifiedName": "Arizona Dept. of Revenue Payable",
  //         "Active": true,
  //         "Classification": "Liability",
  //         "AccountType": "Other Current Liability",
  //         "AccountSubType": "GlobalTaxPayable",
  //         "CurrentBalance": 0,
  //         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
  //         "CurrencyRef": {
  //           "value": "USD",
  //           "name": "United States Dollar"
  //         },
  //         "domain": "QBO",
  //         "sparse": false,
  //         "Id": "89",
  //         "SyncToken": "0",
  //         "MetaData": {
  //           "CreateTime": "2016-09-16T12:17:04-07:00",
  //           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-17T13:05:01-07:00"
  //         }
  //       },
  //       {
  //         "Name": "Automobile",
  //         "SubAccount": false,
  //         "FullyQualifiedName": "Automobile",
  //         "Active": true,
  //         "Classification": "Expense",
  //         "AccountType": "Expense",
  //         "AccountSubType": "Auto",
  //         "CurrentBalance": 0,
  //         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
  //         "CurrencyRef": {
  //           "value": "USD",
  //           "name": "United States Dollar"
  //         },
  //         "domain": "QBO",
  //         "sparse": false,
  //         "Id": "55",
  //         "SyncToken": "0",
  //         "MetaData": {
  //           "CreateTime": "2016-09-14T10:15:53-07:00",
  //           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-14T10:16:05-07:00"
  //         }
  //       },
  // ...
  // 
}