Perl

Demonstrates the ChilkatPath XML Method

Demonstrates how to use the ChilkatPath method. This example uses the XML sample file pigs.xml. The pigs.xml file contains this content:
Perl

use chilkat();

$success = 0;

$xml = chilkat::CkXml->new();

$success = $xml->LoadXmlFile("qa_data/xml/pigs.xml");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $xml->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Get the content of the "species" node for the 1st animal:

$result = $xml->chilkatPath("animal|species|*");
# Output should be "pot belly pig"
print $result . "\r\n";

# Get the content of the "type" node for the 2nd animal:
# Indexing begins at 0.  Therefore, the 2nd direct child having
# the tag "animal" is at index 1
$result = $xml->chilkatPath("animal[1]|type|*");
# Output should be "House Pig"
print $result . "\r\n";

# Find the pig having the name "Nigel" and display the
# birth date.  To do this, we'll navigate to the node having
# tag="name" with the exact content "Nigel", then navigate up, 
# and finally navigate back down to the "birth" node:
$result = $xml->chilkatPath("/C/name,Nigel|..|birth|*");
# Output should be "June, 1991"
print $result . "\r\n";

# Navigate to the 1st animal's picture and print the filename,
# description, and caption.
# The "$" updates the caller's internal pointer to reference
# the node that is the result of evaluating the path.
# An empty string is returned for success, and a NULL/nil/0
# pointer (reference) is returned on failure.  
$result = $xml->chilkatPath("animal|picture|$");
if ($xml->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print "Failed to navigate to animal|picture." . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Display the contents of the file/description/caption child nodes
print "Picture Info:" . "\r\n";
print $xml->getChildContent("file") . "\r\n";
print $xml->getChildContent("description") . "\r\n";
print $xml->getChildContent("caption") . "\r\n";

# Return back to the root of the XML document:
$xml->GetRoot2();

# Display the value of the "spay-neuter" attribute of the 1st animal:
print "----" . "\r\n";
$result = $xml->chilkatPath("animal|gender|(spay-neuter)");
print $result . "\r\n";