Xojo Plugin

XML Sort by Tag

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Demonstrates the SortByTag method.

The input XML, available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort1.xml, is this:

<root>
    <fruits>
        <apple>
            <fuji>blah</fuji>
            <gala>blah</gala>
            <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
            <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
            <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
        </apple>
        <banana>blah</banana>
        <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
        <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
        <orange>blah</orange>
        <pear>blah</pear>
    </fruits>
</root>

Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
Dim xSortRoot As Chilkat.Xml

// The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort1.xml
success = xml.LoadXmlFile("fruitSort1.xml")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(xml.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Sort the direct children under the "fruits" node by tag:
xSortRoot = xml.FindChild("fruits")

// Sort in ascending order.
Dim bAscending As Boolean
bAscending = True
xSortRoot.SortByTag bAscending

// Show the result:
System.DebugLog(xml.GetXml())

// <root>
//     <fruits>
//         <apple>
//             <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
//             <gala>blah</gala>
//             <fuji>blah</fuji>
//             <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
//             <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
//         </apple>
//         <banana>blah</banana>
//         <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
//         <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
//         <orange>blah</orange>
//         <pear>blah</pear>
//     </fruits>
// </root>

// Sort the direct children under the "apple" node:
success = xSortRoot.FindChild2("apple")

xSortRoot.SortByTag bAscending
System.DebugLog(xml.GetXml())

// <root>
//     <fruits>
//         <apple>
//             <fuji>blah</fuji>
//             <gala>blah</gala>
//             <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
//             <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
//             <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
//         </apple>
//         <banana>blah</banana>
//         <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
//         <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
//         <orange>blah</orange>
//         <pear>blah</pear>
//     </fruits>
// </root>