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Move XML Subtree to Another XML Document

Demonstrates using the InsertChildTreeBefore method to move a fragment of XML from one document to another.

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//  Source XML is this:

//  <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
//  <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:"soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
//                <soapenv:Header/>
//                <soapenv:Body>
//                              <GetCustomerResponse xmlns="http://www.midoco.de/crm" xmlns:tns="http://www.midoco.de/ws">
//                                            <CrmCustomer addresseeLine1="Max Mustermann" addresseeLine2="" changingUser="123456" >
//                                                           <CrmAddress addressId="2225355" addressTypeId="1" checkStatus="O" city="Wien" countryCode="AT" customerId="000071"/>
//                                                           <CrmPerson birthDay="30" birthMonth="8" birthYear="1977" birthday="1977-08-30T00:00:00.000+02:00" birthdayNotProvided="false"/>
//                                            </CrmCustomer>
//                            </GetCustomerResponse>
//                </soapenv:Body>
//  </soapenv:Envelope>

//  Build the source XML.
Chilkat.Xml srcXml = new Chilkat.Xml();
srcXml.Tag = "soapenv:Envelope";
srcXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:soapenv","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/");
srcXml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Header","");
srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse",true,"xmlns","http://www.midoco.de/crm");
srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse",true,"xmlns:tns","http://www.midoco.de/ws");
srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer",true,"addresseeLine1","Max Mustermann");
srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer",true,"addresseeLine2","");
srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer",true,"changingUser","123456");
srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",true,"addressId","2225355");
srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",true,"addressTypeId","1");
srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",true,"checkStatus","O");
srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",true,"city","Wien");
srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",true,"countryCode","AT");
srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",true,"customerId","000071");
srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson",true,"birthDay","30");
srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson",true,"birthMonth","8");
srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson",true,"birthYear","1977");
srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson",true,"birthday","1977-08-30T00:00:00.000+02:00");
srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson",true,"birthdayNotProvided","false");

//  Destination XML is this:

//  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
//  <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
//      <SOAP-ENV:Header>
//          <m:Credentials xmlns:m="http://www.midoco.de/system">
//              <m:Login>User</m:Login>
//              <m:Password>Pass</m:Password>
//              <m:OrgUnit>ABC</m:OrgUnit>
//              <m:Locale>de_DE</m:Locale>
//          </m:MidocoCredentials>
//      </SOAP-ENV:Header>
//      <SOAP-ENV:Body>
//          <SaveCustomerRequest>
//          </SaveCustomerRequest>
//      </SOAP-ENV:Body>
//  </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

Chilkat.Xml destXml = new Chilkat.Xml();
destXml.Tag = "SOAP-ENV:Envelope";
destXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:SOAP-ENV","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/");
destXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:SOAP-ENC","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/");
destXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:xsi","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance");
destXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:xsd","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");
destXml.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials",true,"xmlns:m","http://www.midoco.de/system");
destXml.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:Login","User");
destXml.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:Password","Pass");
destXml.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:OrgUnit","ABC");
destXml.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:Locale","de_DE");
destXml.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Body|SaveCustomerRequest","");

//  We want to move the "CrmCustomer" subtree in the source XML to inside the "SaveCustomerRequest" element in the destination.

//  Navigate to CrmCustomer
Chilkat.Xml crmCust = srcXml.FindChild("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer");
if (srcXml.LastMethodSuccess != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed to find CrmCustomer element.");
    return;
}

//  Navigate to SaveCustomerRequest
Chilkat.Xml crmSaveCust = destXml.FindChild("SOAP-ENV:Body|SaveCustomerRequest");
if (destXml.LastMethodSuccess != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed to find SaveCustomerRequest element.");
    return;
}

//  Move CrmCustomer tree to SaveCustomerRequest.
crmSaveCust.InsertChildTreeBefore(0,crmCust);

//  Look at the resulting destXml.  You can see the CrmCustomer subtree moved to underneath SaveCustomerRequest.
Debug.WriteLine(destXml.GetXml());

//  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
//  <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
//      <SOAP-ENV:Header>
//          <m:Credentials xmlns:m="http://www.midoco.de/system">
//              <m:Login>User</m:Login>
//              <m:Password>Pass</m:Password>
//              <m:OrgUnit>ABC</m:OrgUnit>
//              <m:Locale>de_DE</m:Locale>
//          </m:Credentials>
//      </SOAP-ENV:Header>
//      <SOAP-ENV:Body>
//          <SaveCustomerRequest>
//              <CrmCustomer addresseeLine1="Max Mustermann" addresseeLine2="" changingUser="123456">
//                  <CrmAddress addressId="2225355" addressTypeId="1" checkStatus="O" city="Wien" countryCode="AT" customerId="000071"/>
//                  <CrmPerson birthDay="30" birthMonth="8" birthYear="1977" birthday="1977-08-30T00:00:00.000+02:00" birthdayNotProvided="false"/>
//              </CrmCustomer>
//          </SaveCustomerRequest>
//      </SOAP-ENV:Body>
//  </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

//  Look at the resulting srcXml.  The CrmCustomer subtree was removed.
Debug.WriteLine(srcXml.GetXml());

//  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
//  <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
//      <soapenv:Header/>
//      <soapenv:Body>
//          <GetCustomerResponse xmlns="http://www.midoco.de/crm" xmlns:tns="http://www.midoco.de/ws"/>
//      </soapenv:Body>
//  </soapenv:Envelope>