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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.
let src_xml = chilkat::Xml::new();
src_xml.set_tag("soapenv:Envelope");
let _ = src_xml.add_attribute("xmlns:soapenv", "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/");
src_xml.update_child_content("soapenv:Header", "");
let _ = src_xml.update_attr_at("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse", true, "xmlns", "http://www.midoco.de/crm");
let _ = src_xml.update_attr_at("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse", true, "xmlns:tns", "http://www.midoco.de/ws");
let _ = src_xml.update_attr_at("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer", true, "addresseeLine1", "Max Mustermann");
let _ = src_xml.update_attr_at("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer", true, "addresseeLine2", "");
let _ = src_xml.update_attr_at("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer", true, "changingUser", "123456");
let _ = src_xml.update_attr_at("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress", true, "addressId", "2225355");
let _ = src_xml.update_attr_at("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress", true, "addressTypeId", "1");
let _ = src_xml.update_attr_at("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress", true, "checkStatus", "O");
let _ = src_xml.update_attr_at("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress", true, "city", "Wien");
let _ = src_xml.update_attr_at("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress", true, "countryCode", "AT");
let _ = src_xml.update_attr_at("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress", true, "customerId", "000071");
let _ = src_xml.update_attr_at("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson", true, "birthDay", "30");
let _ = src_xml.update_attr_at("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson", true, "birthMonth", "8");
let _ = src_xml.update_attr_at("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson", true, "birthYear", "1977");
let _ = src_xml.update_attr_at("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson", true, "birthday", "1977-08-30T00:00:00.000+02:00");
let _ = src_xml.update_attr_at("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>

let dest_xml = chilkat::Xml::new();
dest_xml.set_tag("SOAP-ENV:Envelope");
let _ = dest_xml.add_attribute("xmlns:SOAP-ENV", "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/");
let _ = dest_xml.add_attribute("xmlns:SOAP-ENC", "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/");
let _ = dest_xml.add_attribute("xmlns:xsi", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance");
let _ = dest_xml.add_attribute("xmlns:xsd", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");
let _ = dest_xml.update_attr_at("SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials", true, "xmlns:m", "http://www.midoco.de/system");
dest_xml.update_child_content("SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:Login", "User");
dest_xml.update_child_content("SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:Password", "Pass");
dest_xml.update_child_content("SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:OrgUnit", "ABC");
dest_xml.update_child_content("SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:Locale", "de_DE");
dest_xml.update_child_content("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
let Ok(crm_cust) = src_xml.find_child("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer") else {
    println!("Failed to find CrmCustomer element.");
    return;
};

// Navigate to SaveCustomerRequest
let Ok(crm_save_cust) = dest_xml.find_child("SOAP-ENV:Body|SaveCustomerRequest") else {
    println!("Failed to find SaveCustomerRequest element.");
    return;
};

// Move CrmCustomer tree to SaveCustomerRequest.
crm_save_cust.insert_child_tree_before(0, &crm_cust);

// Look at the resulting destXml.  You can see the CrmCustomer subtree moved to underneath SaveCustomerRequest.
println!("{}", dest_xml.get_xml().unwrap_or_default());

// <?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.
println!("{}", src_xml.get_xml().unwrap_or_default());

// <?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>