Fetch ISBN XML from isbndb.com and Parse

Demonstrates sending a query to isbndb.com and parsing the XML response.

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import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    CkXml xml0 = new CkXml();

    //  The Chilkat XML component/class is freeware.

    CkXml xml;
    xml = xml0.HttpGet("http://isbndb.com/api/books.xml?access_key=XXXXX&results=details&index1=isbn&value1=0443074348");
    if (xml == null ) {
        System.out.println(xml0.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  The XML returned for this URL is the following:

    //  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

    //  <ISBNdb server_time="2007-10-25T14:07:25Z">
    //      <BookList total_results="1" page_size="10" page_number="1" shown_results="1">
    //          <BookData book_id="diagnostic_histopathology_of_tumors_2_volume_set_with_cd_rom" isbn="0443074348">
    //              <Title>Diagnostic Histopathology of Tumors: 2-Volume Set with CD-ROMs</Title>
    //              <TitleLong>Diagnostic Histopathology of Tumors: 2-Volume Set with CD-ROMs (Diagnostic Histopathology of Tumors (Fletcher))</TitleLong>
    //              <AuthorsText>Christopher D. M. Fletcher (Editor)</AuthorsText>
    //              <PublisherText publisher_id="churchill_livingstone">Churchill Livingstone</PublisherText>
    //              <Details dewey_decimal="616" physical_description_text="2166 pages" language="" edition_info="Hardcover; 2007-03-13" dewey_decimal_normalized="616" lcc_number="" change_time="2006-12-13T14:53:42Z" price_time="2007-10-25T01:12:13Z" />
    //          </BookData>
    //      </BookList>
    //  </ISBNdb>

    //  First, navigate to the BookData node:
    xml.FirstChild2();
    xml.FirstChild2();

    //  Show the Title and AuthorsText:
    System.out.println(xml.getChildContent("Title"));
    System.out.println(xml.getChildContent("AuthorsText"));

    //  Show the publisher_id attribute of the PublisherText node:
    CkXml xml2;
    xml2 = xml.FindChild("PublisherText");
    System.out.println(xml2.getAttrValue("publisher_id"));

    //  Save the XML to a file:
    xml.SaveXml("book.xml");


  }
}