(Ruby) XML GetChildWithAttr

Demonstrates how to get the content of a particular node with a particular attribute. For example, returns "Face up in the Rain" for the Name="Album" node.

 <Response Status="OK">
   <Item Name="ZoneID">0</Item>
   <Item Name="State">2</Item>
   <Item Name="FileKey">305718</Item>
   <Item Name="Artist">Michael Tomlinson</Item>
   <Item Name="Album">Face Up in the Rain</Item>
   <Item Name="Name">The Way We're Going</Item>
   <Item Name="Status">Playing</Item>
</Response> 

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require 'chilkat'

xml = Chilkat::CkXml.new()

success = xml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/resp.xml")
if (success != true)
    print xml.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# xItem is a CkXml
xItem = xml.GetChildWithAttr("Item","Name","Album")
if (xml.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false)
    print "not found." + "\n";
    exit
end

print xItem.content() + "\n";