(Tcl) XML Sort Records by Content

Demonstrates the SortRecordsByContent method.

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

<root>
    <fruits>
        <fruit>
            <name>apple</name>
            <color>red</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>banana</name>
            <color>yellow</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>blackberry</name>
            <color>purple</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>blueberry</name>
            <color>blue</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>orange</name>
            <color>orange</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>pear</name>
            <color>green</color>
        </fruit>
    </fruits>
</root>

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load ./chilkat.dll

set xml [new_CkXml]

# xSortRoot is a CkXml

# The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitRecordsSort.xml
set success [CkXml_LoadXmlFile $xml "fruitRecordsSort.xml"]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkXml_lastErrorText $xml]
    delete_CkXml $xml
    exit
}

# The "fruit" records are direct children of the "fruits" node.
# Therefore, to sort the fruit records, the SortRecordsByContent
# method must be called from the "fruits" node.
set xSortRoot [CkXml_FindChild $xml "fruits"]

# Sort by the "name" field in ascending order.
set bAscending 1
CkXml_SortRecordsByContent $xSortRoot "name" $bAscending

# Show the result:
puts [CkXml_getXml $xml]

# <root>
#     <fruits>
#         <fruit>
#             <name>apple</name>
#             <color>red</color>
#         </fruit>
#         <fruit>
#             <name>banana</name>
#             <color>yellow</color>
#         </fruit>
#         <fruit>
#             <name>blackberry</name>
#             <color>purple</color>
#         </fruit>
#         <fruit>
#             <name>blueberry</name>
#             <color>blue</color>
#         </fruit>
#         <fruit>
#             <name>orange</name>
#             <color>orange</color>
#         </fruit>
#         <fruit>
#             <name>pear</name>
#             <color>green</color>
#         </fruit>
#     </fruits>
# </root>

delete_CkXml $xSortRoot


delete_CkXml $xml