Java

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:
Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Xml;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Xml xml = new Xml();

        try {
            xml.loadXmlFile("qa_data/xml/pigs.xml");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Get the content of the "species" node for the 1st animal:
        String result = xml.chilkatPath("animal|species|*");
        // Output should be "pot belly pig"
        System.out.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"
        System.out.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"
        System.out.println(result);

        // Navigate to the 1st animal's picture and print the filename,
        // description, and caption.
        // The "$" updates the caller's internal pointer to reference
        // the node that is the result of evaluating the path.
        // An empty string is returned for success, and a NULL/nil/0
        // pointer (reference) is returned on failure.
        try {
            result = xml.chilkatPath("animal|picture|$");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println("Failed to navigate to animal|picture.");
            return;
        }

        // Display the contents of the file/description/caption child nodes
        System.out.println("Picture Info:");
        System.out.println(xml.getChildContent("file"));
        System.out.println(xml.getChildContent("description"));
        System.out.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:
        System.out.println("----");
        result = xml.chilkatPath("animal|gender|(spay-neuter)");
        System.out.println(result);
    }
}