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XML NewChildBefore

Demonstrates the Chilkat.NewChildBefore method.

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#include <CkXml.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    CkXml xml;

    xml.put_Tag("order");
    xml.NewChild2("order_billing_info|price_list","Listino Italia");
    xml.NewChild2("order_billing_info|price_list_id","1");
    xml.NewChild2("order_billing_info|first_name","Francesco");

    std::cout << xml.getXml() << "\r\n";

    //  We now have the following XML:

    //  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    //  <order>
    //      <order_billing_info>
    //          <price_list>Listino Italia</price_list>
    //          <price_list_id>1</price_list_id>
    //          <first_name>Francesco</first_name>
    //      </order_billing_info>
    //  </order>

    //  If there is no "customer_id" element under "order_billing_info", then add it.
    if (xml.HasChildWithTag("order_billing_info|customer_id") == true) {
        std::cout << "customer_id already exists, nothing to do..." << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  Add the customer_id element just before the "price_list" element.

    //  Get the "order_billing_info" element
    CkXml *orderBillingInfo = xml.FindChild("order_billing_info");

    //  Call NewChildBefore to add an XML element <customer_id> before <price_list>
    //  First get the index of the element price_list
    int index = orderBillingInfo->TagIndex("price_list");
    std::cout << "index = " << index << "\r\n";

    //  Add the "customer_id" element just before specified index.
    CkXml *xCustId = orderBillingInfo->NewChildBefore(index,"customer_id","1234");
    delete xCustId;
    delete orderBillingInfo;

    std::cout << xml.getXml() << "\r\n";

    //  We now have:

    //  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    //  <order>
    //      <order_billing_info>
    //          <customer_id>1234</customer_id>
    //          <price_list>Listino Italia</price_list>
    //          <price_list_id>1</price_list_id>
    //          <first_name>Francesco</first_name>
    //      </order_billing_info>
    //  </order>
    }