SF.net SVN: xmlunit:[543] trunk/xmlunit/src/main/java-legacy/org/ custommonkey/xmlunit/examples/FloatingPointTolerantDifferenceListener.java

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Revision: 543
          http://sourceforge.net/p/xmlunit/code/543
Author:   bodewig
Date:     2013-09-12 15:11:18 +0000 (Thu, 12 Sep 2013)
Log Message:
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using an absolute tolerance value might not be a good idea

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/xmlunit/src/main/java-legacy/org/custommonkey/xmlunit/examples/FloatingPointTolerantDifferenceListener.java

Modified: trunk/xmlunit/src/main/java-legacy/org/custommonkey/xmlunit/examples/FloatingPointTolerantDifferenceListener.java
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--- trunk/xmlunit/src/main/java-legacy/org/custommonkey/xmlunit/examples/FloatingPointTolerantDifferenceListener.java	2013-09-12 15:10:05 UTC (rev 542)
+++ trunk/xmlunit/src/main/java-legacy/org/custommonkey/xmlunit/examples/FloatingPointTolerantDifferenceListener.java	2013-09-12 15:11:18 UTC (rev 543)
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
 /**
  * Expects texts to be floating point numbers and treats them as
  * identical if they only differ by a given tolerance value (or less).
+ *
+ * <p>This implementation uses an absolute tolerance value value for
+ * all numbers encountered, calculating a difference relative to one
+ * of the numbers compared might be more appropriate in general.</p>
  */
 public class FloatingPointTolerantDifferenceListener
     extends TextDifferenceListenerBase {

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