Xojo Plugin

Iterate over Direct Children with a Specific Tag

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Demonstrates how to iterate over direct children having a specific tag.

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

<root>
    <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>
</root>

Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
Dim child As Chilkat.Xml
Dim numWithTag As Int32
Dim i As Int32

// The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruit.xml
success = xml.LoadXmlFile("fruit.xml")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(xml.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

//  Get the number of direct children having the tag "fruit"
numWithTag = xml.NumChildrenHavingTag("fruit")

If (numWithTag > 0) Then

    For i = 0 To numWithTag - 1
        child = xml.GetNthChildWithTag("fruit",i)
        System.DebugLog(Str(i) + ": " + child.Tag + " : " + child.Content)

    Next
    System.DebugLog("-----")

    // Do the same as the above loop, but instead of creating
    // a new object instance for each child, call GetNthChildWithTag2 to
    // update the object's reference instead.
    For i = 0 To numWithTag - 1
        // Navigate to the Nth child.  
        success = xml.GetNthChildWithTag2("fruit",i)
        System.DebugLog(Str(i) + ": " + xml.Tag + " : " + xml.Content)
        // Navigate back up to the parent:
        success = xml.GetParent2()
    Next
    System.DebugLog("-----")
End If