Re: [flexcoders] Testing for XML equality

[Paul Andrews]

Davis Ford wrote:
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> Why does this test fail?  Is there any way to test for equality that 
> ignores the ordering of elements -- which shouldn't technically matter?
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> [Test]
> public function testXmlEquality():void {
>          var xml1:XML = 
>          <a>
>          <b></b>
>          <c></c>
>          </a>;
>          var xml2:XML = 
>          <a>
>          <c></c>
>          <b></b>
>          </a>;
>          Assert.assertTrue(xml1 == xml2);
>         }
xml1 and xml2 are references to objects. Because they are different 
objects they are not equal - the references are different.
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