XMLUnit Diff error

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XMLUnit Diff error

Forum: Open Discussion

Creator: Salim Djaffar

Created: 2003-02-05

Updated: 2003-02-05

Salim Djaffar - 2003-02-05

I was finally able to use xmlunit by recompiling in JDK1.3.1.
For some of the simple xmls it works great, but for some it fails.
The error:

org.custommonkey.xmlunit.Diff [different] Expected number of child nodes '2' but was '5' - comparing <Envelope...> to <Envelope...>

junit.framework.AssertionFailedError: org.custommonkey.xmlunit.Diff
[different] Expected number of child nodes '2' but was '5' - comparing <Envelope...> to <Envelope...>

at org.custommonkey.xmlunit.XMLTestCase.assertXMLEqual(XMLTestCase.java:208)
at org.custommonkey.xmlunit.XMLTestCase.assertXMLEqual(XMLTestCase.java:280)
at test.wamu.transformation.uia.alltel.TestAlltelToUIADocumentResponse.testTranslateMessage(TestAlltelToUIADocumentResponse.java:50)

Any possible hint ?

Thanks,
Salim Djaffar

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- Jeff Martin - 2003-02-05
  
  Looks like it might be a white space thing.
  
  <element> stuff </element> is three nodes where as <element>stuff</element> is one.
  
  Have you tried turning on ignore whitespace
  
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- Salim Djaffar - 2003-02-05
  
  Yes, you're right.
  Setting the ignore whitespace to true saves the day.
  Thanks much.
  
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