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Find Direct Child with Specific Tag

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Demonstrates how to find a direct child having a specific tag.

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

<root>
    <fruit color="red">apple</fruit>
    <fruit color="green">pear</fruit>
    <veg color="orange">carrot</veg>
    <meat animal="cow">beef</meat>
    <xyz>
        <fruit color="blue">blueberry</fruit>
        <veg color="green">broccoli</veg>
    </xyz>
    <fruit color="purple">grape</fruit>
    <cheese color="yellow">cheddar</cheese>
</root>

PowerShell

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

$success = $false

$xml = New-Object Chilkat.Xml

# The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruit.xml
$success = $xml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/xml/fruit.xml")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($xml.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Find the direct child node having the tag "meat", and 
# return a new instance of the XML object referencing the
# child node, if found.
$child = $xml.FindChild("meat")
if ($xml.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $("No direct child having the tag `"meat`" was found.")
}
else {
    $("Content = " + $child.Content)

}

# The same can be accomplished without creating a new 
# XML object instance.  Instead, the FindChild2 method updates
# the caller's internal reference to the found child, if successful.
$success = $xml.FindChild2("meat")
if ($success -eq $true) {
    # Success!  The xml object now references the found child.
    $("Content = " + $xml.Content)
    # Restore the reference back to the parent.
    $success = $xml.GetParent2()
}
else {
    $("No direct child having the tag `"meat`" was found.")
}