DataFlex

Parsing XML Children Having Identical Tags

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Demonstrates how to deal with XML where child elements may have identical tags. DataFlex

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoXml
    Integer iNumPhoneNumbers
    Integer i
    Variant vXPhoneNumber
    Handle hoXPhoneNumber
    Integer iNumGroupMemberships
    Variant vXMembership
    Handle hoXMembership
    String sTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

    // This example will get the phoneNumber's and groupMembershihpInfo's from the following XML:

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
    // <someEntries>
    //     <entry>
    //         <id>123</id>
    //         <updated>2017-07-19T05:19:57.761Z</updated>
    //         <app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2017-07-19T05:19:57.761Z</app:edited>
    //         <category scheme="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind" term="http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008#contact"/>
    //         <title>George Costanza</title>
    //          <gd:name>
    //             <gd:fullName>George Costanza</gd:fullName>
    //             <gd:givenName>George</gd:givenName>
    //             <gd:familyName>Costanza</gd:familyName>
    //         </gd:name>
    //         <gd:phoneNumber rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#home">(555) 123-4567</gd:phoneNumber>
    //         <gd:phoneNumber rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#mobile">(555) 444-8877</gd:phoneNumber>
    //         <gd:phoneNumber rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#work">(555) 678-1111</gd:phoneNumber>
    //         <gContact:groupMembershipInfo deleted="false" href="http://www.google.com/123"/>
    //         <gContact:groupMembershipInfo deleted="false" href="http://www.google.com/456"/>
    //     </entry>
    // </someEntries>
    // 

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatXml)) To hoXml
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoXml))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoXml
    End

    Get ComLoadXmlFile Of hoXml "qa_data/xml/georgeCostanza.xml" To iSuccess

    Get ComNumChildrenHavingTag Of hoXml "entry|*:phoneNumber" To iNumPhoneNumbers
    Move 0 To i
    While (i < iNumPhoneNumbers)
        Get ComGetNthChildWithTag Of hoXml "entry|*:phoneNumber" i To vXPhoneNumber
        If (IsComObject(vXPhoneNumber)) Begin
            Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatXml)) To hoXPhoneNumber
            Set pvComObject Of hoXPhoneNumber To vXPhoneNumber
        End
        Get ComContent Of hoXPhoneNumber To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Send Destroy of hoXPhoneNumber
        Move (i + 1) To i
    Loop

    Showln "----"

    Get ComNumChildrenHavingTag Of hoXml "entry|*:groupMembershipInfo" To iNumGroupMemberships
    Move 0 To i
    While (i < iNumGroupMemberships)
        Get ComGetNthChildWithTag Of hoXml "entry|*:groupMembershipInfo" i To vXMembership
        If (IsComObject(vXMembership)) Begin
            Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatXml)) To hoXMembership
            Set pvComObject Of hoXMembership To vXMembership
        End
        Get ComGetAttrValue Of hoXMembership "href" To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Send Destroy of hoXMembership
        Move (i + 1) To i
    Loop



End_Procedure