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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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func chilkatTest() {
    // 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 srcXml = CkoXml()!
    srcXml.tag = "soapenv:Envelope"
    srcXml.addAttribute(name: "xmlns:soapenv", value: "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
    srcXml.updateChildContent(tagPath: "soapenv:Header", value: "")
    srcXml.updateAttrAt(tagPath: "soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse", autoCreate: true, attrName: "xmlns", attrValue: "http://www.midoco.de/crm")
    srcXml.updateAttrAt(tagPath: "soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse", autoCreate: true, attrName: "xmlns:tns", attrValue: "http://www.midoco.de/ws")
    srcXml.updateAttrAt(tagPath: "soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer", autoCreate: true, attrName: "addresseeLine1", attrValue: "Max Mustermann")
    srcXml.updateAttrAt(tagPath: "soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer", autoCreate: true, attrName: "addresseeLine2", attrValue: "")
    srcXml.updateAttrAt(tagPath: "soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer", autoCreate: true, attrName: "changingUser", attrValue: "123456")
    srcXml.updateAttrAt(tagPath: "soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress", autoCreate: true, attrName: "addressId", attrValue: "2225355")
    srcXml.updateAttrAt(tagPath: "soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress", autoCreate: true, attrName: "addressTypeId", attrValue: "1")
    srcXml.updateAttrAt(tagPath: "soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress", autoCreate: true, attrName: "checkStatus", attrValue: "O")
    srcXml.updateAttrAt(tagPath: "soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress", autoCreate: true, attrName: "city", attrValue: "Wien")
    srcXml.updateAttrAt(tagPath: "soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress", autoCreate: true, attrName: "countryCode", attrValue: "AT")
    srcXml.updateAttrAt(tagPath: "soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress", autoCreate: true, attrName: "customerId", attrValue: "000071")
    srcXml.updateAttrAt(tagPath: "soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson", autoCreate: true, attrName: "birthDay", attrValue: "30")
    srcXml.updateAttrAt(tagPath: "soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson", autoCreate: true, attrName: "birthMonth", attrValue: "8")
    srcXml.updateAttrAt(tagPath: "soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson", autoCreate: true, attrName: "birthYear", attrValue: "1977")
    srcXml.updateAttrAt(tagPath: "soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson", autoCreate: true, attrName: "birthday", attrValue: "1977-08-30T00:00:00.000+02:00")
    srcXml.updateAttrAt(tagPath: "soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson", autoCreate: true, 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>

    let destXml = CkoXml()!
    destXml.tag = "SOAP-ENV:Envelope"
    destXml.addAttribute(name: "xmlns:SOAP-ENV", value: "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
    destXml.addAttribute(name: "xmlns:SOAP-ENC", value: "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/")
    destXml.addAttribute(name: "xmlns:xsi", value: "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance")
    destXml.addAttribute(name: "xmlns:xsd", value: "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")
    destXml.updateAttrAt(tagPath: "SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials", autoCreate: true, attrName: "xmlns:m", attrValue: "http://www.midoco.de/system")
    destXml.updateChildContent(tagPath: "SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:Login", value: "User")
    destXml.updateChildContent(tagPath: "SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:Password", value: "Pass")
    destXml.updateChildContent(tagPath: "SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:OrgUnit", value: "ABC")
    destXml.updateChildContent(tagPath: "SOAP-ENV:Header|m:Credentials|m:Locale", value: "de_DE")
    destXml.updateChildContent(tagPath: "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
    var crmCust: CkoXml? = srcXml.findChild(tagPath: "soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer")
    if srcXml.lastMethodSuccess != true {
        print("Failed to find CrmCustomer element.")
        return
    }

    // Navigate to SaveCustomerRequest
    var crmSaveCust: CkoXml? = destXml.findChild(tagPath: "SOAP-ENV:Body|SaveCustomerRequest")
    if destXml.lastMethodSuccess != true {
        print("Failed to find SaveCustomerRequest element.")
        return
    }

    // Move CrmCustomer tree to SaveCustomerRequest.
    crmSaveCust!.insertChildTree(before: 0, tree: crmCust)

    crmCust = nil
    crmSaveCust = nil

    // Look at the resulting destXml.  You can see the CrmCustomer subtree moved to underneath SaveCustomerRequest.
    print("\(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.
    print("\(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>

}