Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

ITIDA Create Canonical JSON

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Demonstrates creating the canonical (ITIDA) version of a JSON document. The document in the example is the one at https://sdk.invoicing.eta.gov.eg/files/one-doc.json

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.92 or greater.

Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.StringBuilder;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  sb: TStringBuilder;
  canonical: string;
  sbExpected: TStringBuilder;

begin
  success := False;

  //  This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  //  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  //  Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.92 or greater.
  //  (In v9.5.0.92, the "itida" encoding was added to StringBuilder's Encode method.)
  sb := TStringBuilder.Create;

  //  This is the file at https://sdk.invoicing.eta.gov.eg/files/one-doc.json
  success := sb.LoadFile('qa_data/itida/sdk.invoicing.eta.gov.eg/files/one-doc.json','utf-8');
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn('Failed to load input file.');
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Convert the contents of sb to the ITIDA canonical form.
  //  Always pass utf-8 for the 2nd arg.
  sb.Encode('itida','utf-8');

  canonical := sb.GetAsString();

  WriteLn(canonical);

  //  Output: 
  //  "SomeValue""DELIVERY""APPROACH""SomeValue""PACKAGING""SomeValue""DATEVALIDITY""2020-09-28T09:30:10Z"........."TOTALAMOUNT""5191.50""EXTRADISCOUNTAMOUNT""5.00""TOTALITEMSDISCOUNTAMOUNT""14.00"

  //  Let's verify we got the correct result.
  sbExpected := TStringBuilder.Create;
  success := sbExpected.LoadFile('qa_data/itida/sdk.invoicing.eta.gov.eg/files/one-doc-serialized.json.txt','utf-8');
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn('Failed to expected output file.');
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Compare our computed canonical string with the expected result.
  if (sb.ContentsEqualSb(sbExpected,True) = True) then
    begin
      WriteLn('The computed canonical result is correct.');
    end
  else
    begin
      WriteLn('The computed canonical result is NOT correct.');
    end;


  sb.Free;
  sbExpected.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.