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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.
loSrcXml = createobject("CkXml")
loSrcXml.Tag = "soapenv:Envelope"
loSrcXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:soapenv","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
loSrcXml.UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Header","")
loSrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse",.T.,"xmlns","http://www.midoco.de/crm")
loSrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse",.T.,"xmlns:tns","http://www.midoco.de/ws")
loSrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer",.T.,"addresseeLine1","Max Mustermann")
loSrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer",.T.,"addresseeLine2","")
loSrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer",.T.,"changingUser","123456")
loSrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",.T.,"addressId","2225355")
loSrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",.T.,"addressTypeId","1")
loSrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",.T.,"checkStatus","O")
loSrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",.T.,"city","Wien")
loSrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",.T.,"countryCode","AT")
loSrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",.T.,"customerId","000071")
loSrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson",.T.,"birthDay","30")
loSrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson",.T.,"birthMonth","8")
loSrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson",.T.,"birthYear","1977")
loSrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson",.T.,"birthday","1977-08-30T00:00:00.000+02:00")
loSrcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson",.T.,"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>

loDestXml = createobject("CkXml")
loDestXml.Tag = "SOAP-ENV:Envelope"
loDestXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:SOAP-ENV","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
loDestXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:SOAP-ENC","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/")
loDestXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:xsi","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance")
loDestXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:xsd","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")
loDestXml.UpdateAttrAt("SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials",.T.,"xmlns:m","http://www.midoco.de/system")
loDestXml.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:Login","User")
loDestXml.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:Password","Pass")
loDestXml.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:OrgUnit","ABC")
loDestXml.UpdateChildContent("SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:Locale","de_DE")
loDestXml.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
loCrmCust = loSrcXml.FindChild("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer")
if (loSrcXml.LastMethodSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? "Failed to find CrmCustomer element."
    release loSrcXml
    release loDestXml
    return
endif

// Navigate to SaveCustomerRequest
loCrmSaveCust = loDestXml.FindChild("SOAP-ENV:Body|SaveCustomerRequest")
if (loDestXml.LastMethodSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? "Failed to find SaveCustomerRequest element."
    release loSrcXml
    release loDestXml
    return
endif

// Move CrmCustomer tree to SaveCustomerRequest.
loCrmSaveCust.InsertChildTreeBefore(0,loCrmCust)

release loCrmCust
release loCrmSaveCust

// Look at the resulting destXml.  You can see the CrmCustomer subtree moved to underneath SaveCustomerRequest.
? loDestXml.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.
? loSrcXml.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>


release loSrcXml
release loDestXml