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Demonstrates the ChilkatPath XML Method

Demonstrates how to use the ChilkatPath method. This example uses the XML sample file pigs.xml. The pigs.xml file contains this content:
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    success := false

    xml := chilkat.NewXml()

    success = xml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/xml/pigs.xml")
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(xml.LastErrorText())
        xml.DisposeXml()
        return
    }

    // Get the content of the "species" node for the 1st animal:
    var result *string = new(string)
    result = xml.ChilkatPath("animal|species|*")
    // Output should be "pot belly pig"
    fmt.Println(*result)

    // Get the content of the "type" node for the 2nd animal:
    // Indexing begins at 0.  Therefore, the 2nd direct child having
    // the tag "animal" is at index 1
    result = xml.ChilkatPath("animal[1]|type|*")
    // Output should be "House Pig"
    fmt.Println(*result)

    // Find the pig having the name "Nigel" and display the
    // birth date.  To do this, we'll navigate to the node having
    // tag="name" with the exact content "Nigel", then navigate up, 
    // and finally navigate back down to the "birth" node:
    result = xml.ChilkatPath("/C/name,Nigel|..|birth|*")
    // Output should be "June, 1991"
    fmt.Println(*result)

    // Navigate to the 1st animal's picture and print the filename,
    // description, and caption.
    // The "$" updates the caller's internal pointer to reference
    // the node that is the result of evaluating the path.
    // An empty string is returned for success, and a NULL/nil/0
    // pointer (reference) is returned on failure.  
    result = xml.ChilkatPath("animal|picture|$")
    if xml.LastMethodSuccess() != true {
        fmt.Println("Failed to navigate to animal|picture.")
        xml.DisposeXml()
        return
    }

    // Display the contents of the file/description/caption child nodes
    fmt.Println("Picture Info:")
    fmt.Println(*xml.GetChildContent("file"))
    fmt.Println(*xml.GetChildContent("description"))
    fmt.Println(*xml.GetChildContent("caption"))

    // Return back to the root of the XML document:
    xml.GetRoot2()

    // Display the value of the "spay-neuter" attribute of the 1st animal:
    fmt.Println("----")
    result = xml.ChilkatPath("animal|gender|(spay-neuter)")
    fmt.Println(*result)

    xml.DisposeXml()