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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.

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C
#include <C_CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkStringBuilder sb;
    const char *canonical;
    HCkStringBuilder sbExpected;

    success = 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.)
    sb = CkStringBuilder_Create();

    // This is the file at https://sdk.invoicing.eta.gov.eg/files/one-doc.json
    success = CkStringBuilder_LoadFile(sb,"qa_data/itida/sdk.invoicing.eta.gov.eg/files/one-doc.json","utf-8");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("Failed to load input file.\n");
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sb);
        return;
    }

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

    canonical = CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sb);

    printf("%s\n",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.
    sbExpected = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    success = CkStringBuilder_LoadFile(sbExpected,"qa_data/itida/sdk.invoicing.eta.gov.eg/files/one-doc-serialized.json.txt","utf-8");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("Failed to expected output file.\n");
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sb);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbExpected);
        return;
    }

    // Compare our computed canonical string with the expected result.
    if (CkStringBuilder_ContentsEqualSb(sb,sbExpected,TRUE) == TRUE) {
        printf("The computed canonical result is correct.\n");
    }
    else {
        printf("The computed canonical result is NOT correct.\n");
    }



    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sb);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbExpected);

    }