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aftrumpet
aftrumpet

Reputation: 1289

Diff just tags of XML with XMLUnit (no text or attributes)

I'm trying to use XMLUnit to diff just the overall structure (no text/attributes) of two XML documents as follows with XMLUnit:

private static final String XML_HEADER = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n";

        xhtml1 = XML_HEADER + "<b>Text</b>";
        xhtml2 = XML_HEADER + "<b>Different Text!</b>";

        Diff d = new Diff(xhtml1.trim(), xhtml2.trim());

        DetailedDiff dd = new DetailedDiff(d);
        dd.overrideElementQualifier(null);
        dd.overrideDifferenceListener(new IgnoreTextAndAttributeValuesDifferenceListener());
        List<Difference> l = dd.getAllDifferences();
        for (Difference difference : l) {
            System.out.println(d.toString());
        }

Despite the fact that I override the difference listener on the DetailedDiff, I still get the following result: 

org.custommonkey.xmlunit.Diff
[not identical] Expected text value 'Text' but was 'Different Text!' - comparing <b ...>Text</b> at /b[1]/text()[1] to <b ...>Different Text!</b> at /b[1]/text()[1]

Does DifferenceListener not apply to getAllDifferences? And if so, is there another way to diff only tags?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 616

Answers (1)

user4524982
user4524982

Reputation:

IgnoreTextAndAttributeValuesDifferenceListener downgrades the differences to "similar" not "identical", that's why they still show up in the list of Differences.

If you cannot live with "not identical" you'll need to use a DifferenceListener of your own - and will likely end up copying IgnoreTextAndAttributeValuesDifferenceListener changing just a single line.

Upvotes: 1

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