(Swift 2) 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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func chilkatTest() {
    // 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.)
    let sb = CkoStringBuilder()

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

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

    var canonical: String? = sb.GetAsString()

    print("\(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.
    let sbExpected = CkoStringBuilder()
    success = sbExpected.LoadFile("qa_data/itida/sdk.invoicing.eta.gov.eg/files/one-doc-serialized.json.txt", charset: "utf-8")
    if success == false {
        print("Failed to expected output file.")
        return
    }

    // Compare our computed canonical string with the expected result.
    if sb.ContentsEqualSb(sbExpected, caseSensitive: true) == true {
        print("The computed canonical result is correct.")
    }
    else {
        print("The computed canonical result is NOT correct.")
    }


}