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Sort XML Elements
Posted on 2013-01-02
Having following XML, Want to sort this based on the values in XML elements:
<Address>
<HomeNumber />
<HouseAddress />
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber />
<HouseAddress />
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber />
<HouseAddress />
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber />
<HouseAddress />
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber>00</HomeNumber
<HouseAddress>PPP Nagar</HouseAddress>
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber>01</HomeNumber
<HouseAddress>Street 145</HouseAddress>
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber>02</HomeNumber
<HouseAddress>Street 798</HouseAddress>
</Address>
Expected Output:
<Address>
<HomeNumber>00</HomeNumber
<HouseAddress>PPP Nagar</HouseAddress>
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber>01</HomeNumber
<HouseAddress>Street 145</HouseAddress>
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber>02</HomeNumber
<HouseAddress>Street 798</HouseAddress>
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber />
<HouseAddress />
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber />
<HouseAddress />
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber />
<HouseAddress />
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber />
<HouseAddress />
</Address>
Please suggets. Hopefully looking forward good replies..
<Address>
<HomeNumber />
<HouseAddress />
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber />
<HouseAddress />
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber />
<HouseAddress />
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber />
<HouseAddress />
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber>00</HomeNumber
<HouseAddress>PPP Nagar</HouseAddress>
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber>01</HomeNumber
<HouseAddress>Street 145</HouseAddress>
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber>02</HomeNumber
<HouseAddress>Street 798</HouseAddress>
</Address>
Expected Output:
<Address>
<HomeNumber>00</HomeNumber
<HouseAddress>PPP Nagar</HouseAddress>
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber>01</HomeNumber
<HouseAddress>Street 145</HouseAddress>
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber>02</HomeNumber
<HouseAddress>Street 798</HouseAddress>
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber />
<HouseAddress />
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber />
<HouseAddress />
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber />
<HouseAddress />
</Address>
<Address>
<HomeNumber />
<HouseAddress />
</Address>
Please suggets. Hopefully looking forward good replies..
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see this example will help you
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/716525/how-to-sort-an-xml-file-using-net
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/716525/how-to-sort-an-xml-file-using-net
Thanks for your quick reply,
Would it be possible for you to please provide code for the same... as I am quite newbi.. though I am also trying...
Would it be possible for you to please provide code for the same... as I am quite newbi.. though I am also trying...
Active 1 day ago
I am puzzled
Your article says
"I have several times needed a way to sort XML, retrieved from a file or a web service, inline without invoking XSL transformations, which is the most common way to do it as I have seen. "
XSLT seems a natural fit to do stuff like this.
All you need is a simple XSLT
Save the XSLT as a file.
Here is an example how you can use the XSLT with the XML
http://blog.garkbit.com/2009-12-14/transforming-xmlxslt-using-net-3-5/
Your article says
"I have several times needed a way to sort XML, retrieved from a file or a web service, inline without invoking XSL transformations, which is the most common way to do it as I have seen. "
XSLT seems a natural fit to do stuff like this.
All you need is a simple XSLT
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">
<xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
<xsl:output indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="root">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="Address[normalize-space(HomeNumber)]">
<xsl:sort select="HomeNumber" data-type="number" order="ascending"/>
</xsl:apply-templates>
<xsl:apply-templates select="Address[not(normalize-space(HomeNumber))]"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Address">
<xsl:copy-of select="."/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Save the XSLT as a file.
Here is an example how you can use the XSLT with the XML
http://blog.garkbit.com/2009-12-14/transforming-xmlxslt-using-net-3-5/
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