Hi all, trunk [1] now has Java and .NET interfaces for a difference engine that can do what the Java version of XMLUnit 1.3 does. The plan is to add DOM based implementations and port the XMLUnit Java 1.3 code base to use it.
The ideas are very similar to XMLUnit 1.3 but with a few twists. Instead of Difference there is a Comparison and an independent ComparisonResult which represent "this is what I compared" and "this is what I think of the outcome". ComparisonListeners get notified of each Comparison, each passing Comparison (replaces MatchTracker) or each failed Comparison (replaces part of DifferenceListener). ComparisonListener is a one-method interface in Java and a delegate in .NET and it is possible to attach multiple of them to the DifferenceEngine (using an event in .NET). ElementSelector (a delegate in .NET) replaces ElementQualifier - there can only be one per DifferenceEngine. DifferenceEvaluator may alter the outcome of a comparision and tell the DifferenceEngine to stop the comparision - replaces the remaining part of DifferenceListener and ComparisonControler. Again a delegate in .NET and there can only be one per DifferenceEngine. I intend to remove the ATTRIBUTE_ORDER difference type completely (there is no guarantee the parser will return them in document order anyway) and may choose to use a few different defaults from XMLUnit 1.x (like calling Text and CDATA nodes with the same content similar). Feedback more than welcome. Stefan [1] http://xmlunit.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xmlunit/trunk/xmlunit/src/main/java-core/net/sf/xmlunit/diff/ http://xmlunit.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xmlunit/trunk/xmlunit/src/main/net-core/diff/ but you better check out https://xmlunit.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/xmlunit/trunk/xmlunit for a full picture ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Xmlunit-general mailing list Xmlunit-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xmlunit-general
