(Node.js) Parsing XML Children Having Identical Tags

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

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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-win64'); 
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm64');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-x64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-mac-universal');
}

function chilkatExample() {

    // 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>
    // 

    var xml = new chilkat.Xml();

    var success = xml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/xml/georgeCostanza.xml");

    var numPhoneNumbers = xml.NumChildrenHavingTag("entry|*:phoneNumber");
    var i = 0;
    while (i < numPhoneNumbers) {
        // xPhoneNumber: Xml
        var xPhoneNumber = xml.GetNthChildWithTag("entry|*:phoneNumber",i);
        console.log(xPhoneNumber.Content);

        i = i+1;
    }

    console.log("----");

    var numGroupMemberships = xml.NumChildrenHavingTag("entry|*:groupMembershipInfo");
    i = 0;
    while (i < numGroupMemberships) {
        // xMembership: Xml
        var xMembership = xml.GetNthChildWithTag("entry|*:groupMembershipInfo",i);
        console.log(xMembership.GetAttrValue("href"));

        i = i+1;
    }


}

chilkatExample();