(PureBasic) XML Sort by Tag

Demonstrates the SortByTag method.

The input XML, available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort1.xml, is this:

<root>
    <fruits>
        <apple>
            <fuji>blah</fuji>
            <gala>blah</gala>
            <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
            <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
            <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
        </apple>
        <banana>blah</banana>
        <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
        <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
        <orange>blah</orange>
        <pear>blah</pear>
    </fruits>
</root>

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IncludeFile "CkXml.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

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

    xSortRoot.i

    success.i
    ; The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort1.xml
    success = CkXml::ckLoadXmlFile(xml,"fruitSort1.xml")
    If success <> 1
        Debug CkXml::ckLastErrorText(xml)
        CkXml::ckDispose(xml)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; Sort the direct children under the "fruits" node by tag:
    xSortRoot = CkXml::ckFindChild(xml,"fruits")

    ; Sort in ascending order.
    bAscending.i = 1
    CkXml::ckSortByTag(xSortRoot,bAscending)

    ; Show the result:
    Debug CkXml::ckGetXml(xml)

    ; <root>
    ;     <fruits>
    ;         <apple>
    ;             <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
    ;             <gala>blah</gala>
    ;             <fuji>blah</fuji>
    ;             <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
    ;             <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
    ;         </apple>
    ;         <banana>blah</banana>
    ;         <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
    ;         <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
    ;         <orange>blah</orange>
    ;         <pear>blah</pear>
    ;     </fruits>
    ; </root>

    ; Sort the direct children under the "apple" node:
    success = CkXml::ckFindChild2(xSortRoot,"apple")

    CkXml::ckSortByTag(xSortRoot,bAscending)
    Debug CkXml::ckGetXml(xml)

    ; <root>
    ;     <fruits>
    ;         <apple>
    ;             <fuji>blah</fuji>
    ;             <gala>blah</gala>
    ;             <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
    ;             <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
    ;             <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
    ;         </apple>
    ;         <banana>blah</banana>
    ;         <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
    ;         <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
    ;         <orange>blah</orange>
    ;         <pear>blah</pear>
    ;     </fruits>
    ; </root>

    CkXml::ckDispose(xSortRoot)



    CkXml::ckDispose(xml)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure