VB.NET

ITIDA Create Canonical JSON

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Demonstrates creating the canonical (ITIDA) version of a JSON document. The document in the example is the one at https://sdk.invoicing.eta.gov.eg/files/one-doc.json

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.92 or greater.

VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

' Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.92 or greater.
' (In v9.5.0.92, the "itida" encoding was added to StringBuilder's Encode method.)
Dim sb As New Chilkat.StringBuilder

' This is the file at https://sdk.invoicing.eta.gov.eg/files/one-doc.json
success = sb.LoadFile("qa_data/itida/sdk.invoicing.eta.gov.eg/files/one-doc.json","utf-8")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed to load input file.")
    Exit Sub
End If


' Convert the contents of sb to the ITIDA canonical form.
' Always pass utf-8 for the 2nd arg.
sb.Encode("itida","utf-8")

Dim canonical As String = sb.GetAsString()

Debug.WriteLine(canonical)

' Output: 
' "SomeValue""DELIVERY""APPROACH""SomeValue""PACKAGING""SomeValue""DATEVALIDITY""2020-09-28T09:30:10Z"........."TOTALAMOUNT""5191.50""EXTRADISCOUNTAMOUNT""5.00""TOTALITEMSDISCOUNTAMOUNT""14.00"

' Let's verify we got the correct result.
Dim sbExpected As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = sbExpected.LoadFile("qa_data/itida/sdk.invoicing.eta.gov.eg/files/one-doc-serialized.json.txt","utf-8")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed to expected output file.")
    Exit Sub
End If


' Compare our computed canonical string with the expected result.
If (sb.ContentsEqualSb(sbExpected,True) = True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("The computed canonical result is correct.")
Else
    Debug.WriteLine("The computed canonical result is NOT correct.")
End If