org.custommonkey.xmlunit

Interface DifferenceEngineContract

All Known Implementing Classes:

DifferenceEngine, NewDifferenceEngine

public interface DifferenceEngineContract

The pieces of DifferenceEngine's API used by Diff.

This interface allows Diff to switch between DifferenceEngine and NewDifferenceEngine at will.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	compare(Node control, Node test, DifferenceListener listener, ElementQualifier elementQualifier) Entry point for Node comparison testing.
void	setMatchTracker(MatchTracker matchTracker)

Method Detail

setMatchTracker

void setMatchTracker(MatchTracker matchTracker)

Parameters:

matchTracker - the instance that is notified on each successful match. May be null.

compare

void compare(Node control,
             Node test,
             DifferenceListener listener,
             ElementQualifier elementQualifier)

Entry point for Node comparison testing.

Parameters:

control - Control XML to compare

test - Test XML to compare

listener - Notified of any differences detected during node comparison testing

elementQualifier - Used to determine which elements qualify for comparison e.g. when a node has repeated child elements that may occur in any sequence and that sequence is not considered important.