(Perl) XML Sort Records by Content

Demonstrates the SortRecordsByContent method.

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

<root>
    <fruits>
        <fruit>
            <name>apple</name>
            <color>red</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>banana</name>
            <color>yellow</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>blackberry</name>
            <color>purple</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>blueberry</name>
            <color>blue</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>orange</name>
            <color>orange</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>pear</name>
            <color>green</color>
        </fruit>
    </fruits>
</root>

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use chilkat();

$xml = new chilkat::CkXml();

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

#  The "fruit" records are direct children of the "fruits" node.
#  Therefore, to sort the fruit records, the SortRecordsByContent
#  method must be called from the "fruits" node.
# xSortRoot is a CkXml
$xSortRoot = $xml->FindChild("fruits");

#  Sort by the "name" field in ascending order.
$bAscending = 1;
$xSortRoot->SortRecordsByContent("name",$bAscending);

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

#  
<root>
    <fruits>
        <fruit>
            <name>apple</name>
            <color>red</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>banana</name>
            <color>yellow</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>blackberry</name>
            <color>purple</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>blueberry</name>
            <color>blue</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>orange</name>
            <color>orange</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>pear</name>
            <color>green</color>
        </fruit>
    </fruits>
</root>