(Perl) XML Sort by Tag

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>

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use chilkat();

$xml = new chilkat::CkXml();

#  The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort1.xml
$success = $xml->LoadXmlFile("fruitSort1.xml");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $xml->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Sort the direct children under the "fruits" node by tag:
# xSortRoot is a CkXml
$xSortRoot = $xml->FindChild("fruits");

#  Sort in ascending order.
$bAscending = 1;
$xSortRoot->SortByTag($bAscending);

#  Show the result:
print $xml->getXml() . "\r\n";

#  
<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:
$xSortRoot->FindChild2("apple");

$xSortRoot->SortByTag($bAscending);
print $xml->getXml() . "\r\n";

#  
<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>