org.custommonkey.xmlunit

Interface ElementQualifier

All Known Implementing Classes:

ElementNameAndAttributeQualifier, ElementNameAndTextQualifier, ElementNameQualifier, MultiLevelElementNameAndTextQualifier, RecursiveElementNameAndTextQualifier

public interface ElementQualifier

Interface used by the DifferenceEngine class to determine which elements can be compared within a NodeList of child nodes.

See Also:

DifferenceEngine.compareNodeList(java.util.List, java.util.List, int, DifferenceListener, ElementQualifier), Diff.overrideElementQualifier(ElementQualifier)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	qualifyForComparison(Element control, Element test) Determine whether two elements are comparable

Method Detail

qualifyForComparison

boolean qualifyForComparison(Element control,
                             Element test)

Determine whether two elements are comparable

Parameters:

control - an Element from the control XML NodeList

test - an Element from the test XML NodeList

Returns:

true if the elements are comparable, false otherwise