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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.
    srcXml := chilkat.NewXml()
    srcXml.SetTag("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>

    destXml := chilkat.NewXml()
    destXml.SetTag("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
    crmCust := srcXml.FindChild("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer")
    if srcXml.LastMethodSuccess() != true {
        fmt.Println("Failed to find CrmCustomer element.")
        srcXml.DisposeXml()
        destXml.DisposeXml()
        return
    }

    // Navigate to SaveCustomerRequest
    crmSaveCust := destXml.FindChild("SOAP-ENV:Body|SaveCustomerRequest")
    if destXml.LastMethodSuccess() != true {
        fmt.Println("Failed to find SaveCustomerRequest element.")
        srcXml.DisposeXml()
        destXml.DisposeXml()
        return
    }

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

    crmCust.DisposeXml()
    crmSaveCust.DisposeXml()

    // Look at the resulting destXml.  You can see the CrmCustomer subtree moved to underneath SaveCustomerRequest.
    fmt.Println(*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.
    fmt.Println(*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>

    srcXml.DisposeXml()
    destXml.DisposeXml()