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Swap JSON Objects

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Demonstrates how to swap two JSON objects within a JSON document.

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.put_EmitCompact(false);

    // Load the following JSON:

    // {
    //   "petter": {
    //     "DOB": "26/02/1986",
    //     "gender": "male",
    //     "country": "US"
    //   },
    //   "Sara": {
    //     "DOB": "13/05/1982",
    //     "gender": "female",
    //     "country": "FR"
    //   },
    //   "Jon": {
    //     "DOB": "19/03/1984",
    //     "gender": "male",
    //     "country": "UK"
    //   }
    // }

    success = json.LoadFile("qa_data/json/people.json");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, json.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Swap the positions of Jon and Sara.
    int index1 = json.IndexOf("Jon");
    int index2 = json.IndexOf("Sara");
    json.Swap(index1,index2);

    // We have this now:
    Log.i(TAG, json.emit());

    // {
    //   "petter": {
    //     "DOB": "26/02/1986",
    //     "gender": "male",
    //     "country": "US"
    //   },
    //   "Jon": {
    //     "DOB": "19/03/1984",
    //     "gender": "male",
    //     "country": "UK"
    //   },
    //   "Sara": {
    //     "DOB": "13/05/1982",
    //     "gender": "female",
    //     "country": "FR"
    //   }
    // }

    // To swap an inner member:

    CkJsonObject jsonSara = new CkJsonObject();
    json.ObjectOf2("Sara",jsonSara);

    index1 = jsonSara.IndexOf("DOB");
    index2 = jsonSara.IndexOf("country");
    jsonSara.Swap(index1,index2);

    // We now have this:
    Log.i(TAG, json.emit());

    // {
    //   "petter": {
    //     "DOB": "26/02/1986",
    //     "gender": "male",
    //     "country": "US"
    //   },
    //   "Jon": {
    //     "DOB": "19/03/1984",
    //     "gender": "male",
    //     "country": "UK"
    //   },
    //   "Sara": {
    //     "country": "FR",
    //     "gender": "female",
    //     "DOB": "13/05/1982"
    //   }
    // }

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}