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Alphabetical sorting of the XmlNodes
 
#region License and Copyright
/*
 * Dotnet Commons Xml
 *
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by 
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or 
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY 
 * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License 
 * for more details. 
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 
 * along with this library; if not, write to the 
 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 
 * 59 Temple Place, 
 * Suite 330, 
 * Boston, 
 * MA 02111-1307 
 * USA 
 
 */
#endregion

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Xsl;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

//using Dotnet.Commons.Reflection;

namespace Dotnet.Commons.Xml
{
  
  ///  
  /// <summary>
  /// This utility class contains wrapper functions that help to ease the handling and 
    /// manipulation of Xml documents, such as adding an element, adding an attribute
    /// to an element, copying and cloning of nodes, etc.
  ///
  /// </summary>
  /// 
    
  public abstract class XmlUtils
  {
        // #################################################################### //
        // These code is derived from Mainsoft.com                              //
        // http://www.koders.com/csharp/fid439BB5BEF93D1AEFAF0B9206236AB0ECE49BC229.aspx
        // #################################################################### //


        /// -----------------------------------------------------------
        /// <summary>
        /// Alphabetical sorting of the XmlNodes 
        /// and their  attributes in the <see cref="System.Xml.XmlDocument"/>.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="document"><see cref="System.Xml.XmlDocument"/> to be sorted</param>
        /// -----------------------------------------------------------
        public static void SortXml(XmlDocument document)
        {
            SortXml(document.DocumentElement);
        }


        /// -----------------------------------------------------------
        /// <summary>
        /// Inplace pre-order recursive alphabetical sorting of the XmlNodes child 
        /// elements and <see cref="System.Xml.XmlAttributeCollection" />.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="rootNode">The root to be sorted.</param>
        /// -----------------------------------------------------------
        public static void SortXml(XmlNode rootNode)
        {
            SortAttributes(rootNode.Attributes);
            SortElements(rootNode);
            foreach (XmlNode childNode in rootNode.ChildNodes)
            {
                SortXml(childNode);
            }
        }

        /// -----------------------------------------------------------
        /// <summary>
        /// Sorts an attributes collection alphabetically.
        /// It uses the bubble sort algorithm.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="attribCol">The attribute collection to be sorted.</param>
        /// -----------------------------------------------------------
        public static void SortAttributes(XmlAttributeCollection attribCol)
        {
            if (attribCol == null
                return;            

            bool hasChanged = true;
            while (hasChanged)
            {
                hasChanged = false;
                for (int i = 1; i < attribCol.Count; i++)
                {
                    if (String.Compare(attribCol[i].Name, attribCol[i-1].Name, true0)
                    {
                        //Replace
                        attribCol.InsertBefore(attribCol[i], attribCol[i - 1]);
                        hasChanged = true;
                    }
                }
            }

        }

        /// -----------------------------------------------------------
        /// <summary>
        /// Sorts a <see cref="XmlNodeList" /> alphabetically, by the names of the elements.
        /// It uses the bubble sort algorithm.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="node">The node in which its childNodes are to be sorted.</param>
        /// -----------------------------------------------------------
        public static void SortElements(XmlNode node)
        {
            bool changed = true;
            while (changed)
            {
                changed = false;
                for (int i = 1; i < node.ChildNodes.Count; i++)
                {
                    if (String.Compare(node.ChildNodes[i].Name, node.ChildNodes[i-1].Name, true0)
                    {
                        //Replace:
                        node.InsertBefore(node.ChildNodes[i], node.ChildNodes[i-1]);
                        changed = true;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
   }
}

   
  
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