Sorting should be possible using the order by clause in Saxon Xquery. -Sachin
-----Original Message----- From: Jacob Danner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 9:34 AM To: dev@xmlbeans.apache.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: sorting xml data in alphabetical order Passing on the the user list since this is more of a user question. AFAIK, xmlbeans provides no way to do this internally so you are going to need to manually sort the array before you set the value of country. The JDK provides Arrays.sort, but you can investigate using other sort routines. HTH, -jacobd On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 8:11 AM, Rauf khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Using the jar of the xsd i was able to create an xml file & read it. > Now can anyone pls let me know how to sort the xml file in > alphabetical order including the parent & its child nodes. My xml file > structure is like this: > > <country name="India> > <state>Goa</state> > <state>Rajastan</state> > <state>Bhopal</state> > </country> > <country name="America"> > <state>Texas</state> > <state>Washington</state> > <state>Maryland</state> > <state>Alaska</state> > </country> > > > Expected Result: > ----------------- > <country name="America"> > <state>Alaska</state> > <state>Maryland</state> > <state>Texas</state> > <state>Washington</state> > </country> > <country name="India> > <state>Bhopal</state> > <state>Goa</state> > <state>Rajastan</state> > </country> > > > Thanks in Advance. > Rauf Khan > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/sorting-xml-data-in-alphabetical-order-tp1992024 > 6p19920246.html Sent from the Xml Beans - Dev mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Notice: This email message, together with any attachments, may contain information of BEA Systems, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliated entities, that may be confidential, proprietary, copyrighted and/or legally privileged, and is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named in this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please immediately return this by email and then delete it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]