(Perl) Serialize / Deserialize Hashtable to/from XML

Demonstrates how to seralize / deserialize a Hashtable to/from XML.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.64 or later.

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use chilkat();

# Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.64 or later.

# Add some entries to a hashtable.
$hashTab = chilkat::CkHashtable->new();

$hashTab->AddStr("aaa","111");
$hashTab->AddStr("bbb","222");
$hashTab->AddStr("ccc","333");

# Serialize to XML
$sb = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$hashTab->ToXmlSb($sb);
print $sb->getAsString() . "\r\n";
print "---" . "\r\n";

# The output is as follows.  Each hash table entry
# is contained in an "e" node.  The entry's key
# is in the "k" node, and the value in the "v" node.

# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf8-8"?>
# <hashtable>
# <e><k>aaa</k><v>111</v></e>
# <e><k>bbb</k><v>222</v></e>
# <e><k>ccc</k><v>333</v></e>
# </hashtable>
# 

# Now load (deserialize) into a new hash table.
$hashTab2 = chilkat::CkHashtable->new();
$hashTab2->AddFromXmlSb($sb);

# Get the hash table keys, and lookup each (to show 
# that the hash table was correctly deserialized).
# The GetKeys method can return the keys in any order.
$sTable = chilkat::CkStringTable->new();
$hashTab2->GetKeys($sTable);

$i = 0;
$numKeys = $sTable->get_Count();
while ($i < $numKeys) {
    $key = $sTable->stringAt($i);
    print $key . ": " . $hashTab2->lookupStr($key) . "\r\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}