As an interim solution I ordered the generated tables and rows. I ran into some problems with different lexicographic orderings on Oracle and Java though, so the problem still persists.
I guess the problem I have is with the documentation is that http://xmlunit.sourceforge.net/api/org/custommonkey/xmlunit/Diff.html#similar() states that > Two documents are considered to be "similar" if they contain the same > elements and attributes regardless of order. My first thought was: "That's what I need" as it also met my expectations on how the tool should work out of the box. It should be able to do similarity checks disregarding all ordering. I think Oxygen offers an option to do that (but thats no Java). I will have to look into implementing my own ElementQualifier but I think that this is a use case which should be covered by XMLUnit. Thanks Oliver Am 24.10.2011 um 15:39 schrieb Stefan Bodewig: > On 2011-10-24, Oliver Schrenk wrote: > >> I'm trying to write a XMLUnitTest that compares to XMLDocuments that >> basically have to layers of elements, that can be out of order. > >> <root> >> <table> >> <id>1</id> >> <row> >> <c>a</c > >> <c>b</c > >> </row> >> </table> >> <table> >> <id>2</id> >> <row> >> <c>b</c > >> <c>a</c > >> </row> >> </table> >> </root> > > This - like most any question on XMLUnit we've had in a long while, > seems we need better docs - boils down to ElementQualifiers. You must > help XMLUnit to pick the correct branches to compare. > > For your use-case neither of the built-in ElementQualifiers will do. > You'll have to write one yourself but that shouldn't be too hard. > > If the two elements you are comparing are both <table>-elements, then > look into the text content of the only id child and say they are only > qualified to be compared it those contents match. For any other element > you can re-use the logic (or even an instance) of > ElementAndTextQualifier as it will pick the correct <c> elements to > compare. > > HTH > > Stefan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the > demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. > Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn > about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Xmlunit-general mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xmlunit-general ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Xmlunit-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xmlunit-general
