(PowerShell) ITIDA Create Canonical JSON

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Demonstrates creating the canonical (ITIDA) version of a JSON document. The document in the example is the one at https://sdk.invoicing.eta.gov.eg/files/one-doc.json

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.92 or greater.

For more information, see https://sdk.invoicing.eta.gov.eg/signature-creation/

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

# Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.92 or greater.
# (In v9.5.0.92, the "itida" encoding was added to StringBuilder's Encode method.)
$sb = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder

# This is the file at https://sdk.invoicing.eta.gov.eg/files/one-doc.json
$success = $sb.LoadFile("qa_data/itida/sdk.invoicing.eta.gov.eg/files/one-doc.json","utf-8")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $("Failed to load input file.")
    exit
}

# Convert the contents of sb to the ITIDA canonical form.
# Always pass utf-8 for the 2nd arg.
$sb.Encode("itida","utf-8")

$canonical = $sb.GetAsString()

$($canonical)

# Output: 
# "SomeValue""DELIVERY""APPROACH""SomeValue""PACKAGING""SomeValue""DATEVALIDITY""2020-09-28T09:30:10Z"........."TOTALAMOUNT""5191.50""EXTRADISCOUNTAMOUNT""5.00""TOTALITEMSDISCOUNTAMOUNT""14.00"

# Let's verify we got the correct result.
$sbExpected = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $sbExpected.LoadFile("qa_data/itida/sdk.invoicing.eta.gov.eg/files/one-doc-serialized.json.txt","utf-8")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $("Failed to expected output file.")
    exit
}

# Compare our computed canonical string with the expected result.
if ($sb.ContentsEqualSb($sbExpected,$true) -eq $true) {
    $("The computed canonical result is correct.")
}
else {
    $("The computed canonical result is NOT correct.")
}