Xojo Plugin

Scrub Xml

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Demonstrates the Scrub method for some common XML cleaning needs.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.77 or greater.

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Dim success As Boolean
success = False

// The Scrub method has options for trimming whitespace from the ends of attributes and content,
// trimming inside whitespace, and for case conversion for tags and attribute names.

// Trimming inside whitespace is defined as replacing CR, LF, and tab chars with SPACE chars, and 
// removing extra SPACE chars so that at most one SPACE separates non-SPACE chars.

// For example, load the following XML:

Dim s As String
s = "<xyz><td class="" colHoldingPercent col7"" style=""border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221);               border-image-outset: 0;  ""> abc" + EndOfLine.Windows + "123    456</td></xyz>"

Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
success = xml.LoadXml(s)

System.DebugLog(xml.GetXml())

// The XML before scrubbing is:

// <xyz>
//     <td class=" colHoldingPercent col7" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221);               border-image-outset: 0;  ">abc
// 123    456</td>
// </xyz>

xml.Scrub "AttrTrimEnds,AttrTrimInside,ContentTrimEnds,ContentTrimInside"
System.DebugLog(xml.GetXml())

// The XML after scrubbing is:

// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
// <xyz>
//     <td class="colHoldingPercent col7" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image-outset: 0;">abc 123 456</td>
// </xyz>