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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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function chilkatExample() {

    // 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.
    var srcXml = new chilkat.Xml();
    srcXml.Tag = "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>

    var destXml = new chilkat.Xml();
    destXml.Tag = "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: Xml
    var crmCust = srcXml.FindChild("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer");
    if (srcXml.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log("Failed to find CrmCustomer element.");
        return;
    }

    // Navigate to SaveCustomerRequest
    // crmSaveCust: Xml
    var crmSaveCust = destXml.FindChild("SOAP-ENV:Body|SaveCustomerRequest");
    if (destXml.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log("Failed to find SaveCustomerRequest element.");
        return;
    }

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

    // Look at the resulting destXml.  You can see the CrmCustomer subtree moved to underneath SaveCustomerRequest.
    console.log(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.
    console.log(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>

}

chilkatExample();