(PureBasic) Parsing XML Children Having Identical Tags

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

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IncludeFile "CkXml.pb"

Procedure 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>
    ; 

    xml.i = CkXml::ckCreate()
    If xml.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    success.i = CkXml::ckLoadXmlFile(xml,"qa_data/xml/georgeCostanza.xml")

    numPhoneNumbers.i = CkXml::ckNumChildrenHavingTag(xml,"entry|*:phoneNumber")
    i.i = 0
    While i < numPhoneNumbers
        xPhoneNumber.i = CkXml::ckGetNthChildWithTag(xml,"entry|*:phoneNumber",i)
        Debug CkXml::ckContent(xPhoneNumber)
        CkXml::ckDispose(xPhoneNumber)

        i = i + 1
    Wend
    Debug "----"

    numGroupMemberships.i = CkXml::ckNumChildrenHavingTag(xml,"entry|*:groupMembershipInfo")
    i = 0
    While i < numGroupMemberships
        xMembership.i = CkXml::ckGetNthChildWithTag(xml,"entry|*:groupMembershipInfo",i)
        Debug CkXml::ckGetAttrValue(xMembership,"href")
        CkXml::ckDispose(xMembership)

        i = i + 1
    Wend


    CkXml::ckDispose(xml)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure