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Handling Namespaces in XML Tags

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Demonstrates new features added in Chilkat v9.5.0.77 for helping with namespace prefixed tags. Xbase++

LOCAL oXml
LOCAL oXmlBody
LOCAL nIsBodyTag
LOCAL nIsSoapenv

//  First create some XML using namespace prefixed tags.

//  Create this XML. 
//  Use this online tool to generate the code from sample XML: 
//  Generate Code to Create XML

//  <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
//     xmlns:scm="http://www.springcm.com/atlas/webservices/v201308/scm/">
//     <soapenv:Header/>
//     <soapenv:Body>
//        <scm:AccountGetCurrent>
//           <scm:token>123</scm:token>
//        </scm:AccountGetCurrent>
//     </soapenv:Body>
//  </soapenv:Envelope>

oXml := CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")
oXml:Tag := "soapenv:Envelope"
oXml:AddAttribute("xmlns:soapenv", "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
oXml:AddAttribute("xmlns:scm", "http://www.springcm.com/atlas/webservices/v201308/scm/")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Header", "")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|scm:AccountGetCurrent|scm:token", "123")

//  Go to the "Body" tag, regardless of namespace prefix.
oXmlBody := oXml:FindChild("*:Body")
IF (oXml:LastMethodSuccess != 1)
    ? "Body child not found."
    oXml:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Get the full tag w/ namespace prefix:
//  Output is "soapenv:Body"
? oXmlBody:Tag

//  Get the namespace prefix:
//  Output is "soapenv"
? oXmlBody:TagNsPrefix

//  Get the unprefixed tag:
//  Output is "Body"
? oXmlBody:TagUnprefixed

//  Check to see if the unprefixed tag equals "Body"
nIsBodyTag := oXmlBody:TagUnpEquals("Body")
? "isBodyTag = " + Str(nIsBodyTag)

//  Check to see if the namespace prefix equals "soapenv";
nIsSoapenv := oXmlBody:TagNsEquals("soapenv")
? "isSoapenv = " + Str(nIsSoapenv)

//  Change just the namespace prefix of the tag
oXmlBody:TagNsPrefix := "se"
//  The tag has changed from "soapenv:Body" to "se:Body"
? oXmlBody:Tag

//  Change the unprefixed part of the tag.
oXmlBody:TagUnprefixed := "Bodie"
//  The tag has changed from "se:Body" to "se:Bodie"
? oXmlBody:Tag

oXmlBody:destroy()

oXml:destroy()