C#

XML NewChildBefore

Demonstrates the Chilkat.NewChildBefore method. C#

bool success = false;

Chilkat.Xml xml = new Chilkat.Xml();

xml.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");

Debug.WriteLine(xml.GetXml());

//  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) {
    Debug.WriteLine("customer_id already exists, nothing to do...");
    return;
}

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

//  Get the "order_billing_info" element
Chilkat.Xml 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");
Debug.WriteLine("index = " + Convert.ToString(index));

//  Add the "customer_id" element just before specified index.
Chilkat.Xml xCustId = orderBillingInfo.NewChildBefore(index,"customer_id","1234");

Debug.WriteLine(xml.GetXml());

//  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>