(Objective-C) XML Sort Records by Content

Demonstrates the SortRecordsByContent method.

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

<root>
    <fruits>
        <fruit>
            <name>apple</name>
            <color>red</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>banana</name>
            <color>yellow</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>blackberry</name>
            <color>purple</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>blueberry</name>
            <color>blue</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>orange</name>
            <color>orange</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>pear</name>
            <color>green</color>
        </fruit>
    </fruits>
</root>

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#import <CkoXml.h>

CkoXml *xml = [[CkoXml alloc] init];
CkoXml *xSortRoot = 0;

BOOL success;
// The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitRecordsSort.xml
success = [xml LoadXmlFile: @"fruitRecordsSort.xml"];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",xml.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// The "fruit" records are direct children of the "fruits" node.
// Therefore, to sort the fruit records, the SortRecordsByContent
// method must be called from the "fruits" node.
xSortRoot = [xml FindChild: @"fruits"];

// Sort by the "name" field in ascending order.
BOOL bAscending = YES;
[xSortRoot SortRecordsByContent: @"name" ascending: bAscending];

// Show the result:
NSLog(@"%@",[xml GetXml]);

// <root>
//     <fruits>
//         <fruit>
//             <name>apple</name>
//             <color>red</color>
//         </fruit>
//         <fruit>
//             <name>banana</name>
//             <color>yellow</color>
//         </fruit>
//         <fruit>
//             <name>blackberry</name>
//             <color>purple</color>
//         </fruit>
//         <fruit>
//             <name>blueberry</name>
//             <color>blue</color>
//         </fruit>
//         <fruit>
//             <name>orange</name>
//             <color>orange</color>
//         </fruit>
//         <fruit>
//             <name>pear</name>
//             <color>green</color>
//         </fruit>
//     </fruits>
// </root>