(C) Traverse Direct Children via FirstChild / NextSibling, or LastChild / PreviousSibling

Demonstrates some ways to iterate over direct child nodes using the FirstChild / NextSibling and LastChild / PreviousSibling methods.

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>

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#include <C_CkXml.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkXml xml;
    HCkXml child;
    HCkXml nextSibling;
    HCkXml prevSibling;
    BOOL success;

    xml = CkXml_Create();

    //  The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruit.xml
    success = CkXml_LoadXmlFile(xml,"fruit.xml");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkXml_lastErrorText(xml));
        return;
    }

    //  Iterate over the direct children by using FirstChild / NextSibling
    child = CkXml_FirstChild(xml);
    while (!(child == 0 )) {
        printf("%s : %s\n",CkXml_tag(child)
            ,CkXml_content(child));
        nextSibling = CkXml_NextSibling(child);
        CkXml_Dispose(child);
        child = nextSibling;
    }

    printf("-----\n");

    //  Do the same, but with FirstChild2 / NextSibling2 to avoid
    //  creating so many XML object instances:
    success = CkXml_FirstChild2(xml);
    while (success == TRUE) {
        printf("%s : %s\n",CkXml_tag(xml)
            ,CkXml_content(xml));
        success = CkXml_NextSibling2(xml);
    }

    //  Revert back up to the parent:
    CkXml_GetParent2(xml);

    printf("-----\n");

    //  Iterate in reverse order using LastChild / PreviousSibling
    child = CkXml_LastChild(xml);
    while (!(child == 0 )) {
        printf("%s : %s\n",CkXml_tag(child)
            ,CkXml_content(child));
        prevSibling = CkXml_PreviousSibling(child);
        CkXml_Dispose(child);
        child = prevSibling;
    }

    printf("-----\n");

    //  Do the same, but with LastChild2 / PreviousSibling2 to avoid
    //  creating so many XML object instances:
    success = CkXml_LastChild2(xml);
    while (success == TRUE) {
        printf("%s : %s\n",CkXml_tag(xml)
            ,CkXml_content(xml));
        success = CkXml_PreviousSibling2(xml);
    }

    //  Revert back up to the parent:
    CkXml_GetParent2(xml);


    CkXml_Dispose(xml);

    }