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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 <CkoXml.h>

//  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.
CkoXml *srcXml = [[CkoXml alloc] init];
srcXml.Tag = @"soapenv:Envelope";
[srcXml AddAttribute: @"xmlns:soapenv" value: @"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"];
[srcXml UpdateChildContent: @"soapenv:Header" value: @""];
[srcXml UpdateAttrAt: @"soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"xmlns" attrValue: @"http://www.midoco.de/crm"];
[srcXml UpdateAttrAt: @"soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"xmlns:tns" attrValue: @"http://www.midoco.de/ws"];
[srcXml UpdateAttrAt: @"soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"addresseeLine1" attrValue: @"Max Mustermann"];
[srcXml UpdateAttrAt: @"soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"addresseeLine2" attrValue: @""];
[srcXml UpdateAttrAt: @"soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"changingUser" attrValue: @"123456"];
[srcXml UpdateAttrAt: @"soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"addressId" attrValue: @"2225355"];
[srcXml UpdateAttrAt: @"soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"addressTypeId" attrValue: @"1"];
[srcXml UpdateAttrAt: @"soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"checkStatus" attrValue: @"O"];
[srcXml UpdateAttrAt: @"soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"city" attrValue: @"Wien"];
[srcXml UpdateAttrAt: @"soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"countryCode" attrValue: @"AT"];
[srcXml UpdateAttrAt: @"soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"customerId" attrValue: @"000071"];
[srcXml UpdateAttrAt: @"soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"birthDay" attrValue: @"30"];
[srcXml UpdateAttrAt: @"soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"birthMonth" attrValue: @"8"];
[srcXml UpdateAttrAt: @"soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"birthYear" attrValue: @"1977"];
[srcXml UpdateAttrAt: @"soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"birthday" attrValue: @"1977-08-30T00:00:00.000+02:00"];
[srcXml UpdateAttrAt: @"soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"birthdayNotProvided" attrValue: @"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>

CkoXml *destXml = [[CkoXml alloc] init];
destXml.Tag = @"SOAP-ENV:Envelope";
[destXml AddAttribute: @"xmlns:SOAP-ENV" value: @"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"];
[destXml AddAttribute: @"xmlns:SOAP-ENC" value: @"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"];
[destXml AddAttribute: @"xmlns:xsi" value: @"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"];
[destXml AddAttribute: @"xmlns:xsd" value: @"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"];
[destXml UpdateAttrAt: @"SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials" autoCreate: YES attrName: @"xmlns:m" attrValue: @"http://www.midoco.de/system"];
[destXml UpdateChildContent: @"SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:Login" value: @"User"];
[destXml UpdateChildContent: @"SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:Password" value: @"Pass"];
[destXml UpdateChildContent: @"SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:OrgUnit" value: @"ABC"];
[destXml UpdateChildContent: @"SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:Locale" value: @"de_DE"];
[destXml UpdateChildContent: @"SOAP-ENV:Body|SaveCustomerRequest" value: @""];

//  We want to move the "CrmCustomer" subtree in the source XML to inside the "SaveCustomerRequest" element in the destination.

//  Navigate to CrmCustomer
CkoXml *crmCust = [srcXml FindChild: @"soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer"];
if (srcXml.LastMethodSuccess != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Failed to find CrmCustomer element.");
    return;
}

//  Navigate to SaveCustomerRequest
CkoXml *crmSaveCust = [destXml FindChild: @"SOAP-ENV:Body|SaveCustomerRequest"];
if (destXml.LastMethodSuccess != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Failed to find SaveCustomerRequest element.");
    return;
}

//  Move CrmCustomer tree to SaveCustomerRequest.
[crmSaveCust InsertChildTreeBefore: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 0] tree: crmCust];

//  Look at the resulting destXml.  You can see the CrmCustomer subtree moved to underneath SaveCustomerRequest.
NSLog(@"%@",[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.
NSLog(@"%@",[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>