[Diffxml-general] Generating a patch and applying it to the original file raises an error message

[Dirk T. <di...@mi...>]

Hi everyone,

first I have to say I have tested several xml diff tools and so far I like 
diffxml most, not only because it's documentation is pretty cool. :)

I generated a diff between two GnuCash account database. However, if I try to 
apply the patch to either of the files (to make sure it's not a reverse-
issue), I'm getting the following error message:

Failed to parse Patch:                                  
org.diffxml.patchxml.PatchFormatException: Error at operation:
<move childno="2675" length="1" new_charpos="1" node="/node()[1]/node()
[4]/node()[2675]" old_charpos="2" parent="/node()[1]/node()[4]"/>                                                                                                                          
        at org.diffxml.patchxml.DULPatch.apply(DULPatch.java:793)                                                                
        at org.diffxml.patchxml.PatchXML.main(PatchXML.java:332)                                                                 
Caused by: org.diffxml.patchxml.PatchFormatException: charpos past end of text 
node.                                             
        at org.diffxml.patchxml.DULPatch.deleteText(DULPatch.java:555)                                                           
        at org.diffxml.patchxml.DULPatch.deleteText(DULPatch.java:589)                                                           
        at org.diffxml.patchxml.DULPatch.doMove(DULPatch.java:710)                                                               
        at org.diffxml.patchxml.DULPatch.apply(DULPatch.java:773)                                                                
        ... 1 more                                                                                                               

I don't want to append my GnuCash accounts-database to a bug report, that's 
why I didn't open one. ;)

What's a good way for myself to analyze where the problem lies? Maybe I'll be 
able to nail it down and provide a patch. :) My primary disadvantage so far is 
that I'm new to XPath.

Best regards,
Dirk.