VB.NET

XML SearchForAttribute Method

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Demonstrates the SearchForAttribute method.

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

<root>
    <searchRoot>
        <fruit color="red">apple</fruit>
        <fruit color="green">pear</fruit>
        <veg color="orange">carrot</veg>
        <meat animal="cow">beef</meat>
        <xyz>
            <fruit color="blue">blueberry</fruit>
            <veg color="green">broccoli</veg>
        </xyz>
        <fruit color="purple">grape</fruit>
        <cheese color="yellow">cheddar</cheese>
    </searchRoot>
    <fruit color="red">strawberry</fruit>
    <fruit color="orange">peach</fruit>
</root>

VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
Dim xSearchRoot As Chilkat.Xml
Dim xBeginAfter As Chilkat.Xml
Dim xFound As Chilkat.Xml

success = xml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/xml/fruitSearch.xml")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(xml.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Search the sub-tree rooted at "searchRoot"
xSearchRoot = xml.FindChild("searchRoot")
If (xml.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("searchRoot not found, searching from root.")
    xSearchRoot = xml.GetRoot()
End If


' Search for all "fruit" nodes having a color attribute
' where the name of the color ends in "e"
xBeginAfter = xSearchRoot.GetSelf()
xFound = xSearchRoot.SearchForAttribute(xBeginAfter,"fruit","color","*e")
While (xSearchRoot.LastMethodSuccess = True)

    Debug.WriteLine(xFound.Content & ": " & xFound.GetAttrValue("color"))


    xBeginAfter = xFound
    xFound = xSearchRoot.SearchForAttribute(xBeginAfter,"fruit","color","*e")
End While

' The correct output is:
' grape: purple
' blueberry: blue



Debug.WriteLine("--------------------------")

' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Now do the same, but instead use SearchForAttribute2
' which updates the internal reference of the caller instead
' of returning the found node.
Dim xSearch As Chilkat.Xml

xBeginAfter = xSearchRoot.GetSelf()
xSearch = xSearchRoot.GetSelf()

success = xSearch.SearchForAttribute2(xBeginAfter,"fruit","color","*e")
While success = True

    Debug.WriteLine(xSearch.Content & ": " & xSearch.GetAttrValue("color"))

    ' Copy the internal references so that the next search
    ' begins after the found node.
    xBeginAfter.CopyRef(xSearch)
    xSearch.CopyRef(xSearchRoot)

    success = xSearch.SearchForAttribute2(xBeginAfter,"fruit","color","*e")
End While