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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.
Dim srcXml As New Chilkat.Xml
srcXml.Tag = "soapenv:Envelope"
Dim success As Boolean
success = srcXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:soapenv","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
srcXml.UpdateChildContent "soapenv:Header",""
success = srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse",True,"xmlns","http://www.midoco.de/crm")
success = srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse",True,"xmlns:tns","http://www.midoco.de/ws")
success = srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer",True,"addresseeLine1","Max Mustermann")
success = srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer",True,"addresseeLine2","")
success = srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer",True,"changingUser","123456")
success = srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",True,"addressId","2225355")
success = srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",True,"addressTypeId","1")
success = srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",True,"checkStatus","O")
success = srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",True,"city","Wien")
success = srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",True,"countryCode","AT")
success = srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmAddress",True,"customerId","000071")
success = srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson",True,"birthDay","30")
success = srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson",True,"birthMonth","8")
success = srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson",True,"birthYear","1977")
success = srcXml.UpdateAttrAt("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer|CrmPerson",True,"birthday","1977-08-30T00:00:00.000+02:00")
success = 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>

Dim destXml As New Chilkat.Xml
destXml.Tag = "SOAP-ENV:Envelope"
success = destXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:SOAP-ENV","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
success = destXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:SOAP-ENC","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/")
success = destXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:xsi","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance")
success = destXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:xsd","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")
success = 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
Dim crmCust As Chilkat.Xml
crmCust = srcXml.FindChild("soapenv:Body|GetCustomerResponse|CrmCustomer")
If (srcXml.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog("Failed to find CrmCustomer element.")
    Return
End If

// Navigate to SaveCustomerRequest
Dim crmSaveCust As Chilkat.Xml
crmSaveCust = destXml.FindChild("SOAP-ENV:Body|SaveCustomerRequest")
If (destXml.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog("Failed to find SaveCustomerRequest element.")
    Return
End If

// Move CrmCustomer tree to SaveCustomerRequest.
crmSaveCust.InsertChildTreeBefore 0,crmCust

// Look at the resulting destXml.  You can see the CrmCustomer subtree moved to underneath SaveCustomerRequest.
System.DebugLog(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.
System.DebugLog(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>