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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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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 ChilkatStringBuilder
sb.Initialize

'  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
    Log("Failed to load input file.")
    Return
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

Log(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 ChilkatStringBuilder
sbExpected.Initialize
success = sbExpected.LoadFile("qa_data/itida/sdk.invoicing.eta.gov.eg/files/one-doc-serialized.json.txt", "utf-8")
If success = False Then
    Log("Failed to expected output file.")
    Return
End If


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