Re: Compare Heirarchy of 2 XML Files

From: "James Fuller" <james.fuller.2007@g...>
To: "Kumar Velineni, Integra" <kumar.velineni@i...>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 18:18:20 +0200

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On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 5:08 PM, Kumar Velineni, Integra
<kumar.velineni@i...> wrote:
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> Dear Friend,
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>             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.
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> Here is an example:
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> File 1:
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> <?xml version="1.0"?>
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> <html>
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> <body>
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> <fm>
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> <p>This is a simple Para</p>
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> <list>
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> <li>This is a simple Para</li>
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> </list>
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> </fm>
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> </body>
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> </html>
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> File 2:
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> <?xml version="1.0"?>
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> <html>
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> <body>
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> <fm lang="es">
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> <p>This is a <strong>simple</strong> Para</p>
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> <p>This is a simple Para</p>
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> </fm>
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> </body>
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> </html>
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> Difference between the 2 files are:
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> 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

References:
- Compare Heirarchy of 2 XML Files
  - From: "Kumar Velineni, Integra" <kumar.velineni@i...>

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