Package com.crawljax.oraclecomparator

Class AbstractComparator

java.lang.Object

com.crawljax.oraclecomparator.AbstractComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator

Direct Known Subclasses:

AttributeComparator, DummyComparator, EditDistanceComparator, PlainStructureComparator, RegexComparator, ScriptComparator, SimpleComparator, StyleComparator, XPathExpressionComparator

@NotThreadSafe
public abstract class AbstractComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator

The Abstract base class of all the Comparators. All comparators are not Thread safe as comparators are shared between Threads and the originalDom and newDom can not be final.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AbstractComparator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<org.custommonkey.xmlunit.Difference>	getDifferences(String oldDom, String newDom)
boolean	isEquivalent(String oldDom, String newDom)
String	normalize(String dom)	Override this method to apply normalization to the comparison.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AbstractComparator

public AbstractComparator()

Method Detail

getDifferences

public List<org.custommonkey.xmlunit.Difference> getDifferences(String oldDom,
                                                                String newDom)

Specified by:

getDifferences in interface Comparator

Returns:

The differences between the two DOMs

isEquivalent

public boolean isEquivalent(String oldDom,
                            String newDom)

Specified by:

isEquivalent in interface Comparator

Returns:

if the originalDom and the newDom are equivalent

normalize

public String normalize(String dom)

Override this method to apply normalization to the comparison.

Specified by:

normalize in interface Comparator

Parameters:

dom - The original DOM

Returns:

the normalized DOM.