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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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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Xml;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // 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.
        Xml srcXml = new Xml();
        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>

        Xml destXml = new Xml();
        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
        Xml crmCust = srcXml.findChild("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer");
        if (crmCust == null) {
            System.out.println("Failed to find CrmCustomer element.");
            return;
        }

        // Navigate to SaveCustomerRequest
        Xml crmSaveCust = destXml.findChild("SOAP-ENV:Body|SaveCustomerRequest");
        if (crmSaveCust == null) {
            System.out.println("Failed to find SaveCustomerRequest element.");
            return;
        }

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

        crmCust.close();
        crmSaveCust.close();

        // Look at the resulting destXml.  You can see the CrmCustomer subtree moved to underneath SaveCustomerRequest.
        System.out.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.
        System.out.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>
    }
}