org.custommonkey.xmlunit.examples

Class RecursiveElementNameAndTextQualifier

java.lang.Object

org.custommonkey.xmlunit.examples.RecursiveElementNameAndTextQualifier

All Implemented Interfaces:

ElementQualifier

public class RecursiveElementNameAndTextQualifier
extends Object
implements ElementQualifier

Compares all Element and Text nodes in two pieces of XML. Allows elements of complex, deeply nested types that are returned in different orders but have the same content to be recognized as comparable.

Author:

Frank Callahan

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RecursiveElementNameAndTextQualifier() Uses element names and the text nested an arbitrary level of child elements deeper into the element to compare elements.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	qualifyForComparison(Element currentControl, Element currentTest) Returns result of recursive comparison of all the nodes of a control and test element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

RecursiveElementNameAndTextQualifier

public RecursiveElementNameAndTextQualifier()

Uses element names and the text nested an arbitrary level of child elements deeper into the element to compare elements. Checks all nodes, not just first child element.

Does not ignore empty text nodes.

Method Detail

qualifyForComparison

public boolean qualifyForComparison(Element currentControl,
                                    Element currentTest)

Returns result of recursive comparison of all the nodes of a control and test element.

Specified by:

qualifyForComparison in interface ElementQualifier

Parameters:

currentControl - an Element from the control XML NodeList

currentTest - an Element from the test XML NodeList

Returns:

true if the elements are comparable, false otherwise