How to compare two xmls by skipping few nodes?

Question

I have two xmls in string format. Need to compare both of them by skipping few nodes. In the result only difference of node and corresponding values are required.

Suppose I have the following two xmls :

Message -1

<block4>
   <tag>
        <name>35B</name>
        <value>/GB/B0W1VM9</value>
   </tag>
</block4>

Message - 2

<block4>
   <tag>
        <name>35B</name>
        <value>/US/999999999
    NOT AVAILABLE AT PRESENT</value>
    </tag>
</block4>

I am using XMLUnit but I want to find the difference from few blocks and want to skip few nodes having specific values. like in <tag> value being : :PREV should be skipped.

Note : In the end want to print the result in excel.

Used the following code but not useful : https://stackoverflow.com/a/16471601/3493471

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 28 '16 at 08:13

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I think you can still use XMLUnit for that job, but you can't use the default settings. Instead, you may want to implement a custom DifferenceEvaluator that ignores certain attributes or nodes.

See XMLUnit DifferenceEvaluator for details and examples.

answered Oct 28 '16 at 08:13

isnot2bad

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 28 '16 at 18:05

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Using XMLUnit 2.x you can use a NodeFilter and suppress the nodes you want to skip. Something like

DiffBuilder b = DiffBuilder.compare(some-input)
    .withTest(some-test)
    .withNodeFilter(n -> !":PREV".equals(n.getTextContent()))
    ...

answered Oct 28 '16 at 18:05

Stefan Bodewig

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How to compare two xmls by skipping few nodes?

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