Xojo Plugin

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:
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Dim success As Boolean
success = False

Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml

success = xml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/xml/pigs.xml")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(xml.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Get the content of the "species" node for the 1st animal:
Dim result As String
result = xml.ChilkatPath("animal|species|*")
// Output should be "pot belly pig"
System.DebugLog(result)

// 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"
System.DebugLog(result)

// Find the pig having the name "Nigel" and display the
// birth date.  To do this, we&apos;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"
System.DebugLog(result)

// Navigate to the 1st animal&apos;s picture and print the filename,
// description, and caption.
// The "$" updates the caller&apos;s internal pointer to reference
// the node that is the result of evaluating the path.
// An empty string is returned for success, and a NULL/nil/0
// pointer (reference) is returned on failure.  
result = xml.ChilkatPath("animal|picture|$")
If (xml.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog("Failed to navigate to animal|picture.")
    Return
End If

// Display the contents of the file/description/caption child nodes
System.DebugLog("Picture Info:")
System.DebugLog(xml.GetChildContent("file"))
System.DebugLog(xml.GetChildContent("description"))
System.DebugLog(xml.GetChildContent("caption"))

// Return back to the root of the XML document:
xml.GetRoot2 

// Display the value of the "spay-neuter" attribute of the 1st animal:
System.DebugLog("----")
result = xml.ChilkatPath("animal|gender|(spay-neuter)")
System.DebugLog(result)