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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.
$srcXml = New-Object 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>

$destXml = New-Object 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 = $srcXml.FindChild("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer")
if ($srcXml.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $("Failed to find CrmCustomer element.")
    exit
}

# Navigate to SaveCustomerRequest
$crmSaveCust = $destXml.FindChild("SOAP-ENV:Body|SaveCustomerRequest")
if ($destXml.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $("Failed to find SaveCustomerRequest element.")
    exit
}

# Move CrmCustomer tree to SaveCustomerRequest.
$crmSaveCust.InsertChildTreeBefore(0,$crmCust)

# Look at the resulting destXml.  You can see the CrmCustomer subtree moved to underneath SaveCustomerRequest.
$($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.
$($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>