Skip all differenence if No of elements in contol node are more than test node (show only parent)

[naveen]

I have control document as below    
<sample>
    <cont>
        <lt>
            <param>
                <id>1</id>
                <names>
                    <name>kk</name>
                    <name>abc</name>
                </names>
            </param>
            <param>
                <id>2</id>
                <names>
                    <name>xyz</name>
                    <name>obc</name>
                </names>
            </param>
            <param>
                <id>3</id>
                <names>
                    <name>asdsad</name>
                    <name>asdasdsd</name>
                </names>
            </param>
        </lt>
    </cont>
</sample>

Test node as below
<sample>
    <cont>
        <lt>
            <param>
                <id>1</id>
                <names>
                    <name>kk</name>
                    <name>abc</name>
                </names>
            </param>
            <param>
                <id>2</id>
                <names>
                    <name>xyz</name>
                    <name>obc</name>
                </names>
            </param>
        </lt>
    </cont>
</sample>

When i ran XMLUnit.compareXML(control,test node). Giving me 3 differences. and source document last child is being compared with testnode last element. But it should not happen as the element itslef not present(last param), It should return me only 1 difference(Currently it is comparing against each element/attribute).

How to skip differences of childs if parent is not found in the above case.

Please let me know your valuable suggestions

[Stefan Bodewig]

I think you want to set compareUnmatched to false, see http://xmlunit.sourceforge.net/userguide/html/ar01s03.html#Comparison%20of%20Unmatched%20Elements