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| | | Altova Mailing List Archives>Archive Index >xml-dev Archive Home >Recent entries >Thread Prev - Compare Heirarchy of 2 XML Files [Thread Next] Re: [xml-dev] Compare Heirarchy of 2 XML FilesTo: "Kumar Velineni, Integra" <kumar.velineni@-------------.---> Date: 4/1/2008 4:19:00 PM some On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 5:08 PM, Kumar Velineni, Integra <kumar.velineni@i...> wrote: > > > > > Dear Friend, > > > > I am having two XML files. I would like to compare the hierarchy > of elements & its attributes and throws the difference in a error file. I > don't want to compare the content. Heirarchy of elements in both the XML > files should match. > > > > Here is an example: > > > > File 1: > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > > <html> > > <body> > > <fm> > > <p>This is a simple Para</p> > > <list> > > <li>This is a simple Para</li> > > </list> > > </fm> > > </body> > > </html> > > > > File 2: > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > > <html> > > <body> > > <fm lang="es"> > > <p>This is a <strong>simple</strong> Para</p> > > <p>This is a simple Para</p> > > </fm> > > </body> > > </html> > > > > Difference between the 2 files are: > > Strong tag with <p> > <list> has been coded as <p> > lang attribute added in <fm> > you could probably start with the various XML diff tools http://www.google.com/search?q=xml%20diff before 'rolling your own' ... but if u must roll your own try following this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance hth, Jim Fuller | |
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