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Re: Open source XML instance diff tool

• From: Farrukh Najmi <farrukh@wellfleetsoftware.com>
• To: Rick Jelliffe <rjelliffe@allette.com.au>
• Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:13:41 -0500

For my needs the xmlunit tool may actually be the best as it gives an 
XPATH for each difference found:

<http://xmlunit.sourceforge.net/>

Thanks again for the help.

Farrukh Najmi wrote:
>
> The diffx project definitely look better than others [1] I have seen. 
> Thanks Rick!
>
> [1] https://diffxml.dev.java.net/
>
> Rick Jelliffe wrote:
>> DiffX ?
>>
>>    http://sourceforge.net/projects/diffx/
>>
>> Probably better for smaller than larger documents.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Rick Jelliffe
>>
>> Farrukh Najmi wrote:
>>> Dear colleagues,
>>>
>>> I am looking for a decent open source diff tool for XML instance 
>>> documents. I realize this has come up before but I did not find 
>>> anything that I could use in the archives.
>>>
>>> The ideal tool would have:
>>>
>>>     * Java library
>>>     * A liberal open source license that allows royalty-free
>>>       redistribution
>>>     * Active development
>>>     * Ability to compare two XML instance documents and give a set of
>>>       differences where each difference identifies the XPATH to
>>>       element or attribute that is different
>>>     * Namespace awareness
>>>
>
>


-- 
Regards,
Farrukh

Web: http://www.wellfleetsoftware.com

• References:
  • Open source XML instance diff tool
    • From: Farrukh Najmi <farrukh@wellfleetsoftware.com>
  • Re: Open source XML instance diff tool
    • From: Rick Jelliffe <rjelliffe@allette.com.au>
  • Re: Open source XML instance diff tool
    • From: Farrukh Najmi <farrukh@wellfleetsoftware.com>